psychotic
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The court heard the 29-year-old has a history of schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms which haven't responded to medication, and was receiving court-ordered treatment in the community at the time of the crime.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
In “Normal,” I am a tough, psychotic local bartender.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
"People suffer psychotic behaviour, suffer bipolar behaviour, for many, many years... And I think people are forgetting that."
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
“I was 20 or 21 then. I’d had a psychotic episode and was taken to a public hospital in Massachusetts,” says Palm Springs-based artist Lisa McCord of the self-portrait she later staged.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
Later, Celia would learn with sadness that the girl had defected while on tour in Oaxaca and was playing a psychotic housewife on a popular Mexican novela.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing psychotic
Body Language: Psych ("Mind")
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