mental health disorders
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Introduction
Paranoid personality disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a pervasive pattern of unwarranted distrust and suspicion of others that involves interpreting their motives as hostile or harmful. Because people with paranoid personality disorder suspect that others are planning to exploit, deceive, or harm them, they are always on the lookout for possible insults, slights, or threats. Doctors diagnose paranoid personality disorder based on specific symptoms, including distrust and suspicion in many aspects of life. No treatment is effective, but cognitive-behavioral therapy may be tried, and medications may relieve some symptoms. Overview of Personality Disorders are mental health conditions that involve long-lasting, pervasive patterns of thinking, perceiving, reacting, and relating that cause the person significant distress and/or impair the person's ability to function. People with paranoid personality disorder distrust others and assume that others intend to harm or deceive them, even when they have no or insufficient reason for these feelings. Paranoid personality disorder occurs in about 3 to 5% of people in the United States. It is thought to be more common among men. Some evidence suggests that paranoid personality disorder runs in families. Emotional and/or physical abuse and victimization during childhood may contribute to the development of this disorder. Other mental health disordersare often also present. For example, people with paranoid personality disorder may also have one or more of the following: Schizophrenia or one of the An Overview of Anxiety Disorders such as Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) None An Alcohol Use None Another personality disorder (such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) ) 