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Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder
anoidpersonali
tydi
sor
der(PPD)isaty
peofeccent
ri
cper
sonali
tydi
sorder
.Aneccent
ri
c
per
sonali
tydisor
dermeansthattheper
son’
sbehavi
ormayseem oddorunusual
toother
s.
*
Recentr
esear
chhassuggest
edt
hatPPDconsi
stbot
hsuspeci
soussandhost
il
it
yel
ement
s
*PPDar
enotusual
l
yPsy
chot
ic,
Str
esst
imet
heymayexper
iencePsy
chosi
s,
Causes
*Par
ent
alNegl
ectorabuse
*Exposur
etov
iol
entadul
t
Sy
mpt
oms
Suspi
cion
Concer
nwi
thhi
ddenmot
ives
Expect
stobeexpl
oit
edbyot
her
s
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nabi
l
ityt
ocol
l
abor
ate
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ali
sol
ati
on
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achment
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il
it
y
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eval
ance
0.
5%t
o2.
5%
GenderDi
ff
erence
Menmor
eli
kel
ythanwomen.
Accor
dingt
otheCl
evel
andCl
i
nic,
PPDappear
stobemor
ecomm
oni
nment
hanwomen
onset
PPDusual
l
yappear
sinear
lyadul
thood.
Comor
bidi
ti
esar
ecommon.
Paranoidpersonali
tydisorderisrarel
ythesol ediagnosis.Commoncomor bidi
ti
esincl
ude
thoughtdisorder
s(eg, schi
zophrenia),
anxietydisorders(eg,social
phobi
a[soci
alanxi
ety
disor
der])
,posttr
aumat icstressdisor
der,alcoholusedi sorder
s,andanot
herpersonal
i
ty
disor
der(eg,borderl
ine).
Tr
eat
ment
Astrongtherapist-
cli
entrel
ati
onshi
poffer
st hemostbenefi
ttopeoplewit
hthedisor
der,
yetis
extr
emelydiffi
culttoestabl
ishduetot
hedr amati
cskepti
cism ofpat
ient
swiththi
scondi
tion.
Peoplewithparanoidpersonali
tydi
sor
derrarelyi
nit
iat
etr
eatmentandoftenter
minatei
t
prematur
ely.
Medicat
ionscanalsobehelpful
,especial
l
yifthepersonwi
thPPDhasot
herr
elat
edcondi
ti
ons
suchasdepressi
onoranxietydi
sorder.Medicat
ionsmayincl
ude:
ant
idepr
essant
s
benzodi
azepi
nes
ant
ipsy
chot
ics
Combi
ningmedi
cat
ionwi
tht
alkt
her
apyorpsy
chot
her
apycanbev
erysuccessf
ul.
Sahi
dPay
yanur
HOD,
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kazKar
thal
a