psychotic break

collocation in English

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psychotic
adjective
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/saɪˈkɒt.ɪk/us
/-ˈkɑː.t̬ɪk/
suffering from psychosis (= severe ...
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break
noun
uk
/breɪk/us
/breɪk/
an ...
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(Definition ofpsychoticandbreakfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Although its symptoms are often visible earlier, the average age of thepsychoticbreakassociated with schizophrenia is early twenties.
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It is also defined as the aura that precedes apsychoticbreakby up to two or three years.
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This is the first record of apsychoticbreakin the family.
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War/battlefield experience may also trigger apsychoticbreak: when reality becomes unbearable, the mind temporarily breaks with it.
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He has apsychoticbreakwhile at work and is admitted in the middle of the novel.
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House does however break his dependency with psychiatric help, after he suffers apsychoticbreak.
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When she falls to her death from a tower, he is unable to save her due to his fear of heights and experiences apsychoticbreak.
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Stingray has suffered from abandonment issues since early childhood and this new trauma triggers apsychoticbreakfrom reality.
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Horne slips into a deep depression before ultimately suffering a nervous breakdown and apsychoticbreak.
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Wulfson suffered three psychotic breaks between 2005 and 2008.
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