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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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

Numerous users have reported that the chatbot is overly sycophantic, leading some to spiral into manic and psychotic episodes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

"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

Maybe it was the danger they had posed, or maybe I was just becoming psychotic, but I didn’t feel guilty at all.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall