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psychotic

[sahy-kot-ik] / saɪˈkɒt ɪk /


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Crucially at the time I was not able to elicit acute psychotic symptoms.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

In 1925, Routledge suffered a psychotic crisis from which she never recovered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 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

“Quite. That’s why there was no hullabaloo to welcome us. They merely tolerated what, to them, must be a constantly recurring psychotic condition.”

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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