Around 40 percent of people with schizophrenia will have the paranoid type. This is one of five sub-types of schizophrenia. Paranoid schizophrenia tends to appear later in life, usually around the age of 25 to 30. The main features are a preoccupation with one or more delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations, but nothing prominent in terms of disorganized speech, flat or inappropriate emotions.
The delusional content (the beliefs) of the person with paranoid schizophrenia is marked...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Paranoid type schizophrenia is a mental illness that involves false beliefs of being persecuted or plotted against.Alternative NamesParanoid... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Paranoid schizophreniaSymptomsPeople with paranoid schizophrenia may have mistaken beliefs (delusions) that one or more people are plotting against... Read more »
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