Paranoid personality disorder

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Personality disorder - paranoid

People with paranoid personality disorder are highly suspicious of other people. They are usually unable to acknowledge their own negative feelings towards other people.

Other common symptoms include:

• Concern that other people have hidden motives
• Expectation to be exploited by others
• Inability to collaborate
• Poor self image
• Social isolation
• Detachment
• Hostility

Personality disorders are diagnosed based on psychological evaluation and the history and severity of the symptoms.

Review Date: 11/15/2006
Reviewed By: Paul Ballas, D.O., Department of Psychiatry, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.