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 DEFINITION
The paranoid disorder of the personality is characterized by a boss of suspicion and general suspicion towards other persons, so that everything what these do is interpreted like malicious. As most of the personality disorders, this boss appears at the beginning of the adult age and he demonstrates in diverse contexts.
HOW IS IT EVIDENT?
There exist seven criteria that form the personality of the paranoid one, of which four must be fulfilled at least to be able to express the diagnosis. There are the following ones:
- He suspects, without sufficient base, that the others are going to take advantage of him, they are going to hurt him or are going to cheat him (The paranoid ones often feel, without there existing no foundation, which they have been offended deeply and irreversibly on the part of otra/s persona/s)
- He worries before doubts not justified about the allegiance or loyalty of the friends or associates (Any minimal deviation that they perceive in the loyalty or allegiance serves as it tries to his assumptions)
- It proves to be reticent to trust in the others for unjustified fear of that the information that he shares is going to be used in his against (they Can refuse to answer unimportant personal questions alleging that "is not a matter of the others")
- In the remarks or the most innocent facts it sees secret meanings that are threatening or degrading (for example, they can interpret like an attack debated against them the fact that a seller should be wrong on having given them the changes)
- It lodges rancors for the long time; for example, he does not forget the insults, terms of abuse or desprecios (The minor scorn provokes a big hostility in these patients, that also, it lasts a lot of time)
- It perceives attacks to his person or reputation that they are not apparent for the others and it is predisposed to react with anger or to counter-attack (the patients with this disorder usually counter-attack with rapidity to the supposed criticism and even with anger)
- They suspect repeated and unjustifiably that his spouse or couple they is unfaithful (the paranoid ones can become pathologically jealous)
HOW ARE THESE SUBJECTS?
At the time of recognizing to a subject that should endure this type of disorder of the personality, we can say that they are persons with whom it be usually difficult to be on good terms, since they show problems in all his social relations; also, they feign to be "colds" and not to have compassion feelings. On the other hand, considering his high susceptibility, they do not trust in the others and for it they feel a big need to be autosufficient. Another point of bearing in mind is that, considering his rapidity to counter-attack to the threats that they perceive in his way, they can turns wrapped in legal suits. Finally, they can go so far as to show not realistic grandeur fantasies and scarcely hidden.
PREDOMINANCE
The predominance of this disorder is 0,5 - 2,5 % belongs to the general population, and there exists some information that relate the appearance of this disorder in persons who have some relative with chronic schizophrenia or delirious disorder. It happens more in males than in women, according to the DSM-IV.
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