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a very serious mental illness in which someone cannot think or behave normally and often experiences delusions
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Recent Examples of schizophrenia
Antipsychotics Antipsychotics are medications used to treat serious mental health conditions like major depressive disorder and schizophrenia.
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Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Sebat's lab studies causes and treatments for the genetic causes of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
The psychiatric disorders most commonly linked to the environment of the placenta are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Olanzapine is a drug used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
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Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2025
Sebat's lab studies causes and treatments for the genetic causes of autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
The psychiatric disorders most commonly linked to the environment of the placenta are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Olanzapine is a drug used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schizophrenia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for schizophrenia
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Sounding the Alarm for Elder Justice The population of older adults is rapidly growing, and one in 10 experience abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation—a risk that is even higher for those living with dementia.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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Losing Track of Time or Place People with dementia often become disoriented about time, dates, or locations.—
Brigid Dwyer,
Verywell Health,
15 Apr. 2025
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The novel’s dark genius is in treating Bateman’s bespoke consumerism as the deeper psychosis.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Psychological assessments conducted by Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2019 and 2021 concluded Hale wasn't suffering from psychosis and recommended outpatient treatment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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Developing robust risk management strategies is not about paranoia but preparedness.—
Jim Stevenson,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Even this bizarre relationship echoes the era’s confusion and paranoia, with its unchecked consumerism and its sense that corporate society now had a mind of its own, as well as the uneasy role celebrity plays in the whole thing.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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That may sound like a vague virtue, but Dortmund have received a lot of criticism this season — rightly — and that has bred neuroses throughout their team.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Leading a cast and writers’ room riddled with neuroses, his poker face and minimalist reactions have often left a trail of insecure young comedians on edge.—
Maureen Dowd,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Cycling between periods of mania or hypomania – high energy and excitement – and depression can have an enormous impact on a person’s daily life, work, and relationships.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2025
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And then fifteen years later, divorce uprooted us all; my family-first ethic hadn’t withstood the episodes of depression and hypomania that, eerily for me, took hold of my husband for a handful of years at midlife.—
Megan Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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This highlights one of the problems of the current sanction and tariff mania in Washington.—
Michael Lynch,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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But that, and this current pickleball mania, pales in comparison to bowling’s boom.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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The court ruled that although Elkins did kill her children, she was found not guilty by reason of insanity, the outlet and NBC10 Philadelphia reported.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Superior Court Judge Guy P. Ryan ruled last week that Elkins did kill her children, but was not guilty by reason of insanity, the Ashbury Park Press reported.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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If leadership lacks consistency, teams will follow that instability.—
Carlos Hoyos,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Rising political instability like ongoing tensions in the Middle East and Pacific Rim also typically fuel defense stocks.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Schizophrenia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schizophrenia. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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