psychotic
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On Tuesday, a psychological expert testified that the defendant displayed no evidence of a psychotic disorder, that he was intelligent, "controls what he says" and shows "few emotions".
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
In “Normal,” I am a tough, psychotic local bartender.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
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
“At first they thought bipolar one, but when the delusions got increasingly psychotic, and I started to have auditory hallucinations, they changed my diagnosis to schizoaffective.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing psychotic
Body Language: Psych ("Mind")
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