Madness and Schizophrenia

Madness

Madness noun - A serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life.
Usage example: nowadays certain forms of madness are quite treatable

Schizophrenia and madness are semantically related in insanity topic. In some cases you can use "Schizophrenia" instead a noun "Madness".

Nearby Word: mad

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia noun - Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact.
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Madness and schizophrenia are semantically related in emotional disorder topic. You can use "Madness" instead a noun "Schizophrenia".

Nearby Word: schizophrenic

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  • In Larry Niven's Madness Has Its Place, Jack Strather's megalomania and paranoid schizophrenia make him one of the few men left on Earth with the cojones to actually resist the invading Kzinti.
  • Modern interpretations generally agree that he isn't completely right in the head, but debate continues on how far this madness extends and on whether it resembles schizophrenia.
  • Buffy Speak River periodically slides into it, but that's more because of her madness and her inability to express her thoughts clearly due to her schizophrenia and the massive emotional and sensory overload she's experiencing due to her brain damage and Psychic Powers.
    Source: Buffy Speak
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