psychiatric disorders
Paranoid Personality Disorder (PPD)
Treatment of Paranoid Personality Disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy Sometimes medications Treatment of paranoid personality disorder are the same as those for all personality disorders. No treatments have been proved effective for paranoid personality disorder. The overall high levels of suspicion and mistrust in patients make establishing rapport difficult. Expressing recognition of any validity in patients' suspicions may facilitate an alliance between patient and clinician. This alliance may then enable patients to participate in cognitive-behavioral therapy or be willing to take any medications (eg, antidepressants, atypical antipsychotics) prescribed to treat specific symptoms. Second-generation antipsychotics may help decrease anxiety ( 1.Birkeland SF: Psychopharmacological treatment and course in paranoid personality disorder: A case series.Int Clin Psychopharmacol28(5):283-285, 2013. doi: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e328363f676 