Paranoid Paranoid Personality Personality

DisorderDisorderBy: Christopher BracamontesBy: Christopher Bracamontes

Def. of Paranoid Personality Def. of Paranoid Personality DisorderDisorder

““It’s a psychiatric It’s a psychiatric condition in which a condition in which a person has a long person has a long term distrust and term distrust and suspicion of others”suspicion of others”

Also people that Also people that have Paranoid have Paranoid Personality Disorder Personality Disorder (PPD) they mistrust (PPD) they mistrust and have suspicion and have suspicion of people for no of people for no reasonreason

Associated FeaturesAssociated Features DSM-IV-TR CriteriaDSM-IV-TR Criteria

When they don’t trust their partner or When they don’t trust their partner or spousespouse

1.1. Lack of desire for or enjoyment of close Lack of desire for or enjoyment of close relationshipsrelationships

2.2. Strong preference for solitary activitiesStrong preference for solitary activities3.3. Little or no interest in sexual experience Little or no interest in sexual experience

with another personwith another person4.4. Lack of pleasure in few, if any, activitesLack of pleasure in few, if any, activites

Associated FeaturesAssociated Features DSM-IV-TR Criteria DSM-IV-TR Criteria

Continue….Continue….5.5. Lack of close Lack of close

friends or friends or confidants, other confidants, other than immediate than immediate relativesrelatives

6.6. Indifference to Indifference to praise or criticismpraise or criticism

7.7. Emotional coldness, Emotional coldness, detachment, or flat detachment, or flat emotionallyemotionally

Associated FeaturesAssociated Features People with PPD feel that they are People with PPD feel that they are

always in danger and look for always in danger and look for evidence of their suspicionevidence of their suspicion

People wit PPD don’t think or know People wit PPD don’t think or know that they have problem but people that they have problem but people around them do see it around them do see it

They think that people will expose They think that people will expose their secretstheir secrets

Associated FeaturesAssociated Features They cant work well with othersThey cant work well with others They isolate themselves from all They isolate themselves from all

peoplepeople They are detach from everybodyThey are detach from everybody Since people with PPD are extremely Since people with PPD are extremely

suspicious of others they always suspicious of others they always keep their guard up with everyonekeep their guard up with everyone

EtiologyEtiology Family/genesFamily/genes

This disorder are more common in families This disorder are more common in families that have schizophrenia and delusional that have schizophrenia and delusional disorderdisorder

But mostly it starts on childhood years But mostly it starts on childhood years when physical or emotional trauma occurswhen physical or emotional trauma occurs

EnvironmentEnvironment The thinking and behavior does interfere The thinking and behavior does interfere

for a person wit PPD to have a stable for a person wit PPD to have a stable relationship and work socially with peoplerelationship and work socially with people

PrevalencePrevalence This disorder is This disorder is

more common for more common for men to havemen to have

But usually it is But usually it is more common more common when its genetic when its genetic wit schizophrenia wit schizophrenia

TreatmentTreatment Treatment is really hard for people with Treatment is really hard for people with

PPD because they are suspicious with PPD because they are suspicious with everyone even doctorseveryone even doctors

But if the people do accept the help they But if the people do accept the help they will get therapywill get therapy

But mostly they don’t because they don’t But mostly they don’t because they don’t think they have a problemthink they have a problem

But if they do get the therapy usually they But if they do get the therapy usually they stop the treatment themselves because stop the treatment themselves because they don’t trust the therapistthey don’t trust the therapist

PrognosisPrognosis Therapy and Therapy and

medications can help medications can help people with PPD only people with PPD only if they keep up with if they keep up with their treatmentstheir treatments

But when their But when their suspicions still occur suspicions still occur they wont be able to they wont be able to function well in life for function well in life for the reason that they the reason that they cant trust nobody or cant trust nobody or any treatmentany treatment

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Discussion QuestionDiscussion Question How can a treatment work for a How can a treatment work for a

person with PPD if he/she doesn’t person with PPD if he/she doesn’t accept the help and he is already accept the help and he is already putting people in danger?putting people in danger?