How to Use schizophrenia in a Sentence

schizophrenia

noun
  • Joe has schizophrenia and sometimes goes off his meds.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Her sister, who has schizophrenia, should not have been living on the street at all.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025
  • The two are in a small room for a clinical trial on schizophrenia.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • How schizophrenia was treated throughout the ages.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps the most shocking thing about living with schizophrenia is that life goes on.
    — Rebecca Chamaa, Glamour, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Deaths were three times higher for those with schizophrenia, according to the study.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Gordon, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, had been in prison for four decades.
    — Beth Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • One month Du was in and out at least four times, and he was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Patients have a 30-fold increase in the risk of schizophrenia.
    — Claudia Dreifus, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The man said Burks, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, had slashed the tires on his car.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • But the increase in schizophrenia deaths dwarfed both those conditions.
    — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Some mass shooters have a history of schizophrenia or psychosis, but many do not.
    — oregonlive.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Brown is diagnosed with schizophrenia, his mother said.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Olanzapine is a drug used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Cannabis misuse by the young raises genuine concerns about links to schizophrenia.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Santos, who was 24 at the time of the attacks, has schizophrenia and was homeless, too.
    — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The mother told police that her daughter had schizophrenia and was armed with a bat and knives, and had access to a gun.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Gein was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the family try to avoid discussions about schizophrenia.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Feb. 2025
  • His own research has found evidence that the same parasite plays a role in schizophrenia.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The 55-year-old who lives with schizophrenia had been wandering the streets homeless for more than a year.
    — Dallas News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • Deputies found out the man had a history of schizophrenia, according to records, and did not arrest him.
    — Grace Toohey, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2021
  • But the reality is that schizophrenia affects so many people around the world.
    — Amanda Marton Ramaciotti, The Dial, 19 Mar. 2026
  • He was diagnosed with schizophrenia during his college years.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 13 May 2026
  • One of these people told police that Garza suffered from schizophrenia, Hodges said.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Gowan has a close childhood friend who at age 20 began exhibiting signs of schizophrenia.
    — The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
  • He was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In 1988, Memphis police shot and killed a man with schizophrenia.
    — Meg Kissinger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Kathy Jawor had schizophrenia and had been in and out of mental institutions in her adult life.
    — Freep.com, 16 May 2021
  • People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder make up most of the patients in such centers across the state.
    — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Jan. 2026

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