psychotic

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At a news conference in April 2024, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said he received a call from Zimmer that Scrivner was armed and experiencing “some type of psychotic episode” at his Tehachapi home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Numerous users have reported that the chatbot is overly sycophantic, leading some to spiral into manic and psychotic episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

"We don't have monitoring figures including how many are taking medication for psychotic behaviour, the effectiveness of that medication and crucially what is available for people apart from medication," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

Standard anti-nausea medications often do not work reliably, he said, which sometimes forces clinicians to turn to second and third-line options such as Haldol, a medication more commonly used for psychotic episodes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

He was not delusional nor did he have hallucinations—that anyone knows of—so he could not be labeled psychotic.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady