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- Dictionaryparanoid/ˈparənɔɪd/
adjective
- 1. unreasonably or obsessively anxious, suspicious, or mistrustful: "you think I'm paranoid but I tell you there is something going on"
- 2. characterized by or affected with the mental condition of paranoia: "paranoid schizophrenia"
noun
- 1. a person who is paranoid: "further accusations would sound like the ramblings of a paranoid"
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1 day ago · Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by exaggerated feelings of anxiety and fear responses. [ 7 ] Anxiety is a worry about future events and fear is a reaction to current events. These feelings may cause physical symptoms, such as a fast heart rate and shakiness.
4 days ago · People with these disorders can be paranoid and have difficulty being understood by others, as they often have odd or eccentric modes of speaking and an unwillingness and inability to form and maintain close relationships.
4 days ago · noun. : a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of distrust and suspicion of others resulting in a tendency to attribute the motives of others to malevolence.
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2 days ago · Paranoid schizophrenia represents the most common of the many sub-types of the debilitating mental illness known collectively as schizophrenia. People with all types of schizophrenia become lost in psychosis of varying intensity, causing them to lose touch with reality.
- Typically, a paranoid schizophrenic experiences auditory hallucinations along with deluded thought processes and beliefs. They often believe others...
- Patients often describe life with paranoid schizophrenia as a dark and fragmented world – a life marked by suspicion and isolation where voices and...
- Researchers do not have a clear understanding of the causes of paranoid schizophrenia symptoms or those associated with any of the sub-types. Altho...
- Treatment of paranoid schizophrenia involves a lifelong commitment; no cure for schizophrenia exists. Treatment, essentially the same for all types...
- Untreated paranoid schizophrenia can lead to a continual worsening of symptoms and a total loss of touch with reality. Suicidal thoughts and action...
2 days ago · Specific regions have been associated with specific types of delusions. The volume of the hippocampus and parahippocampus is related to paranoid delusions in Alzheimer's disease, and has been reported to be abnormal post mortem in one person with delusions.
5 days ago · Key points. As drugs and alcohol do not exculpate guilt of a crime, neither should a mental illness. Guilty with a Mental Illness could yield the same outcomes as an NGRI. Victims and their ...
