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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

But it has also been criticized for being overly sycophantic toward users, and doctors have linked it with cases of chatbot users developing psychotic delusions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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

"We don't have monitoring figures including how many are taking medication for psychotic behaviour, the effectiveness of that medication and crucially what is available for people apart from medication," she said.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

She’s a buffer between me and the psychotic redheaded kid on her other side.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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