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Paranoia

paranoia

(Science: psychiatry) A psychotic disorder marked by persistent delusions of persecution or delusional jealousy and behaviour like that of the paranoid personality, such as suspiciousness, mistrust and combativeness.

It differs from paranoid schizophrenia, in which hallucinations or formal thought disorder are present, in that the delusions are logically consistent and that there are no other psychotic features.

The designation in DSM III R is delusional (paranoid) disorders, with five types: persecutory, jealous, erotomanic, somatic and grandiose.

Origin: Gr. Madness, delirium, from noein = to think


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... with a subpoena to take this whole thing down. I'm just wondering if your clients can also he held liable. Sleep well tonight scum. (Wow the paranoia! :shock:) then I know for a fact that you cannot be from the GOV, they couldn’t be quite that stupid and certainly have the resources to know ...

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by Maggie Mae
Thu Jan 11, 2007 4:10 pm
 
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... with a subpoena to take this whole thing down. I'm just wondering if your clients can also he held liable. Sleep well tonight scum. (Wow the paranoia! :shock:) then I know for a fact that you cannot be from the GOV, they couldn’t be quite that stupid and certainly have the resources to know ...

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by Sabrina
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by standby
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