Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Trait Characteristics
Paranoid disorder belongs to Cluster A: rarity and eccentricity stand out.
- Ideas of persecution
- Jealousy
- Coldness and distance in interpersonal relationships
- High degree of suspicion in the face of changes of situation
- They see hostile and malevolent motives in the behavior of others
- Displeasure with themselves leads them to react with violence
- They can be effective at work, which they often prefer to do alone
* As a response to stress, they sometimes present a brief reactive psychosis or a delusional disorder.
* Some disabilities or defects may favor the development of this disorder.
* Unrealistic ideas of persecution appear coherent and may have elements of truth.
* Prevalence in the general population is 2.3 to 4.4%.
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Source (in Spanish): Wenceslao Vial, Madurez psicológica y espiritual, Palabra.
