Articles on Paranoid Personality Disorder
What is Paranoid
Personality Disorder?
All of us have a tendency to be wary of new situations or people who
behave unusually. This is quite normal and is hard-wired into our brains
as a vital survival tool. But sometimes being too distrustful of others
and their motives can interfere with all aspects of a person's life...
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Paranoid Personality
Disorder: Peter's Story
Peter is a typical sufferer of paranoid personality disorder (PPD) and
finds it difficult to function in both the workplace and in his personal
life... (Read more)
Paranoid Personality
Disorder: Patrick's Story
In previous discussions about this disorder (see links below), we looked
at how the sufferer of paranoid personality disorder (PPD) differs from
individuals who experience an episode of paranoia as a result of a schizophrenic
or a manic depression episode... (Read
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Diagnostic
Criteria for Paranoid Personality Disorder
The DSM-IV-TR, which is the diagnostic manual used by the American Psychiatric
Association, lists the following criteria for a diagnosis of Paranoid
Personality Disorder...(Read
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