schizophrenia

• “Thirty years ago, the term schizophrenia was a catchall phrase to diagnose all manner of aberrant behavior.”

  Simon & Schuster: Without Pity

• “However, we are using the term schizophrenia colloquially so as to not muddy our political-philosophical analysis with clinical analysis, a topic on which neither authors are literate.”

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• “But back to your conscience; I know that psychiatrists used to use the term schizophrenia to describe a variety of mental conditions that didn't have any other definable title or description, so I wonder if perhaps you have been diagnosed as a sociopath in a similar way because the doctor had a bit of trouble pinpointing what was exactly the problem.”

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• “Although the meaning of this sentence is obscure, it is evident that in both examples, the term schizophrenia is used to indicate a splitting apart or splitting into two of what should be unitary.”

  Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 4

• “Eugene Bleuler accepted much of Kraepelin’s thinking and, in fact, applied the term schizophrenia to the disorder to imply that a schism or splitting of the various psychic functions “was one of the most outstanding characteristics” Arieti, 1974, p. 13 of the disease.”

  Simon & Schuster: Clinical Work with Adolescents

• “A common sign of a schizophrenia is when the person with the mental illness starts referring to themselves as “we” or starts talking about himself or herself in the third person.”

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• “Here is the verbatim definition of schizophrenia from the Random House online dictionary - the medical definition: "a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.”

  Conservative: Dems looking 'schizophrenic' on reform

• “But, as I said, that's over-simplifying, but that schizophrenia is on display in The Incredibles, which tries to swing it both ways.”

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• “Pope pointed out that Shakespeare, Homer and other pre-19th-century writers show numerous characters suffering from other psychiatric disorders: the disjointed thinking that we call schizophrenia, or the persistent sadness that marks depression.”

  Science Project

• “But studies elsewhere had similar findings, she said: a threefold increase in schizophrenia among offspring of older fathers.”

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