Paranoid+Schizophrenia

toc = = = Definition: = (PAIR-uh-noid) A type of schizophrenia characterized by delusions of grandeur or persecution. Gen Psych, Chapter 12, Pg. 395

= Examples: = People with paranoid schizophrenia may be convinced that they are the president, the Virgin Mary, or God- or that they possess great ability or talent. They may feel that they are in charge of a hospital or on a secret assignment for the government and often show exaggerated anger and suspiciousness. If they have delusions of persecution and feel that they are being harassed or threatened, they may become violent in an attempt to defend themselves against their imagined persecutors. Usually, this behavior of a person with paranoid schizophrenia is not so obviously disturbed as that of one with the catatonic or disorganized type, and the chance for recovery is better.

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