Schizophrenia - paranoid type
Definition
Paranoid schizophrenia involves feelings of being persecuted or plotted against.
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Alternative Names
Paranoid schizophrenia
Symptoms
People with paranoid schizophrenia may have over-the-top (grandiose) mistaken beliefs (delusions) about protecting themselves from the plot that they think is against them.
Other symptoms include:
- Feeling tense, suspicious, guarded, and reserved
- "Hearing things" (auditory hallucinations)
Paranoid schizophrenia usually does not involve the disorganized speech and behavior that is seen in other types of schizophrenia.
References
Addington D, Bouchard RH, Goldberg J, Honer B, Malla A, Norman R, Tempier R. Clinical practice guidelines: treatment of schizophrenia. Can J Psychiatry, 2005;50:7s-57s.
International early psychosis association writing group. International clinical practice guidelines for early psychosis. Br J Psychiatry, 2005;187:s120-s124.
Review Date:
2/6/2008
Reviewed By:
Christos Ballas, MD, Attending Psychiatrist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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