adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
episode
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Mrs T had recently been readmitted to hospital following a psychotic episode .
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Homeless patients receive medication to get well enough to return to the streets where they live until their next psychotic episode .
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However, Marsilid also had more unwanted effects than its companion drug, and some patients experienced psychotic episodes .
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Larson cites a medical journal article of 22 years ago that compares a religious experience to a psychotic episode .
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A number of factors may then precipitate a psychotic episode , including emotionally arousing events and a stressful environment.
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Most of the psychotic episodes experienced by people using Halcion involved high doses for extended periods of time.
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Two sets of findings in particular suggest preventive strategies that could considerably reduce the prevalence of acute psychotic episodes .
illness
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First, it is clear that psychotic illness involves, if nothing else, a serious disruption of brain activity.
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Indeed, the results of very recent work reveal two interesting parallels with the conclusions reached about the psychotic illnesses themselves.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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psychotic delusions
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First, it is clear that psychotic illness involves, if nothing else, a serious disruption of brain activity.
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He saw the psychotic in Curly Top, saw the arrogance of the bully paraded before him.
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Indeed, the results of very recent work reveal two interesting parallels with the conclusions reached about the psychotic illnesses themselves.
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Secondly, by no means all abnormal changes in mood signify a psychotic disturbance.
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She does learn that Michael has been given the anti- psychotic medication Haldol.
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She was raised by a lawyer whose psychotic behavior centered on the girl.
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There are competitors and then there are the few, the proud, the psychotic .
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They specifically admitted children who were behaviorally aggressive, not mentally deficient, brain damaged, or psychotic .