psychotic
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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
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
Coroner Rachel Spearing concluded he was "in the likely grip of a psychotic episode".
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2025
She had probably had postpartum depression at the very least, Mia realized, perhaps even a postpartum psychotic break.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Vocabulary lists containing psychotic
Body Language: Psych ("Mind")
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