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"There is no motive or normal psychological explanation" for the attack, said presiding judge Karsten Krebs, adding that O. had acted during an "acute psychotic phase of schizophrenia".

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Alice’s thoughts spin out of control; she grows paranoid and reckless; soon she is in the grip of a complete psychotic breakdown and has to be institutionalized.

Interesting, emotional, deep, but the depth of feeling is just psychotic.

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Because psychotic disorders usually do not appear before adolescence and dementia tends to develop later in life, he believes early interventions are becoming increasingly achievable.

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In its story about Han's comments, Rolling Stone said the abuse had been "incredibly unhinged", with fan battles becoming "more intense, insane, and borderline psychotic with each weekly episode release".

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