psychotic

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Forensic psychiatrist Dr Ian Cumming - called by the defence to give evidence - told the court he was "confident" Skebas was psychotic.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 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

Standard anti-nausea medications often do not work reliably, he said, which sometimes forces clinicians to turn to second and third-line options such as Haldol, a medication more commonly used for psychotic episodes.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2025

Avery was in and out of jail until he turned twenty, when in the midst of a psychotic episode he wandered into a strange house, thinking he was being attacked by demons.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson