as in dementia
a very serious mental illness that makes you behave strangely or believe things that are not true
The patient suffers from some kind of psychosis.
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Recent Examples of psychosis
There is also a small risk of developing psychosis that may be tied to dosage.
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Christina Caron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Long term effects can include memory loss, psychosis, depression, numbness, or birth defects if the drug is used during pregnancy.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 May 2025
Already, reviews are raving about Lawrence’s performance as a woman who experiences postpartum depression and develops psychosis, opposite Robert Pattinson as her unfaithful husband.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 May 2025
What Specific Medications Can Lead To Tardive Dyskinesia The most common causes of TD are antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia and other conditions that can cause psychosis, hence the name anti-psychotics.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for psychosis
Christina Caron, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Long term effects can include memory loss, psychosis, depression, numbness, or birth defects if the drug is used during pregnancy.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 22 May 2025
Already, reviews are raving about Lawrence’s performance as a woman who experiences postpartum depression and develops psychosis, opposite Robert Pattinson as her unfaithful husband.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 May 2025
What Specific Medications Can Lead To Tardive Dyskinesia The most common causes of TD are antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia and other conditions that can cause psychosis, hence the name anti-psychotics.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for psychosis
Noun
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Over the past 20 years, multisensory stimulation has been evaluated as a non-pharmacological intervention for people living with dementia and other persons with disabilities.—
Anne Ferguson,
Mercury News,
16 June 2025
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Feline dementia, dental disease, or arthritis can also keep your kitty up at night.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
Noun
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Her mom rarely left bed because the medication that tamed her schizophrenia made her lethargic.—
Jayme Fraser,
USA Today,
16 June 2025
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With less qualified experts to treat mental health conditions, more Americans could suffer from drug overdoses and mental conditions like schizophrenia.—
Omer Awan,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
Noun
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Working-class wives work primarily for the money rather than career satisfaction; this results in more marital tension, which can fuel marital instability that spirals into yet more economic insecurity.—
Joan C. Williams
June 13,
Literary Hub,
13 June 2025
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Yet Putin has organized Russia’s economy around the war effort and imposed draconian restrictions on civil society since 2022 — measures that will be difficult to change without risking internal instability, Western officials and observers suggest.—
Joel Gehrke,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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“Psychosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/psychosis. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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