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psychotic

[sahy-kot-ik] / saɪˈkɒt ɪk /


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"People suffer psychotic behaviour, suffer bipolar behaviour, for many, many years... And I think people are forgetting that."

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Ian Cumming - called by the defence to give evidence - told the court he was "confident" Skebas was psychotic.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

That so many people in Minneapolis have endangered themselves by waving phones in the faces of armed federal officers and shouting obscenities as if they were psychotic is one of many unhappy consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

As much as he may have appeared psychotic, he was also romantic.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Avery was in and out of jail until he turned twenty, when in the midst of a psychotic episode he wandered into a strange house, thinking he was being attacked by demons.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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