psychosis
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Postpartum psychosis, as Clancy says she experienced, is rare.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
Postpartum psychosis, characterized by losing touch with reality and experiencing paranoia, delusions or hallucinations, is far rarer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Postpartum psychosis is a medical emergency that affects about one to two women in every 1,000 births, according to Sally Wilson, national training coordinator at the UK-based charity Action on Postpartum Psychosis.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Several psychiatrists diagnosed Coronado with postpartum psychosis and, like Clancy, she had the support of her husband and family.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The crowding, poor nutrition, and lack of hygiene made disease rampant; from typhus to scarlet fever, from malnutrition to psychosis, illness of some kind struck nearly every family.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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Psychiatrists and neurologists are increasingly joining forces to find and treat patients with autoimmune psychoses.
From Science Magazine ● May 15, 2024
He urged lawmakers to try again next year, this time adding specific treatment guidelines including recommended doses and protections for people with underlying psychoses.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2023
And so there is an emphasis on complicated arrangements and psychoses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
“I wish my psychoses were softer,” she said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
He also devoted a chapter to the psychoses of four chess masters, selected from the millions of normal people who’d played seriously over the years.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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