psychotic
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According to the district psychiatrist's report, Schreiber "was in a psychotic state at the time of the act and is not substantively fit to stand trial".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
And to imply that all editors are psychotic, it’s just nonsensical.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Drawing on these findings, Dr. Snyder hypothesized that naturally occurring psychotic episodes were likely caused by high dopamine levels in the brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Her brother was in the hospital after a purported psychotic break.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 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
By and large, the world is increasingly run by ignoramuses, wackos and psychotics.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2019
He became known as the Donz and found friendship in an AOL community made up of what he jokingly described as “like-minded psychotics who are as interested in this guy as I am.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
While much has been made of its links to other jihadists in Africa and elsewhere, these alliances have little practical effect, being little more than the distant salutes from one group of psychotics to another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2016
Could bad tempers be an outdated luxury of baby boomers? Maniacs, as Jesus said of the poor, will always be with us, though I’m not talking about rampaging psychotics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
“Yes. If hallucinations can appear this ‘real’ to us, to anyone, if hallucinations are catching and almost believable, it’s no wonder they mistook us for psychotics.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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Body Language: Psych ("Mind")
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