Paranoid Personality Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Pattern of pervasive mistrust and suspicion of others and misinterpretation of others’ motives as malevolent
- Possible hereditary link and studies revealed high incidences of paranoid disorder among relatives of individuals with schizophrenia and delusional disorder
- Psychological factors include a history of childhood trauma, including neglect, parental antagonism and harassment (Perceiving the world as harsh and unkind requiring protective vigilance and mistrust)
- Begins in early adulthood and remains present in a variety of contexts
- Clinical picture:
- Suspicious
- unsupported by evidence
- Mistrustful
- “On guard” ( hypervigilant)
- Fear others will hurt them
- Lack the “milk of human kindness”
- Blame others for their shortcomings
- Suspicious