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psychotic

[sahy-kot-ik] / saɪˈkɒt ɪk /


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Crucially at the time I was not able to elicit acute psychotic symptoms.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

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 1925, Routledge suffered a psychotic crisis from which she never recovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

And then his mother had a psychotic episode and his grandfather died and it was just too much all at once.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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