Schizophrenia - paranoid type

Definition

Paranoid schizophrenia involves feelings of being persecuted or plotted against.

See also:

• Paranoid personality disorder
• Schizophrenia

Alternative Names

Paranoid schizophrenia

Symptoms

People with paranoid schizophrenia may have over-the-top (grandiose) mistaken beliefs (delusions) about protecting themselves from the plot that they think is against them.

Other symptoms include:

• Feeling tense, suspicious, guarded, and reserved
• "Hearing things" (auditory hallucinations)

Paranoid schizophrenia usually does not involve the disorganized speech and behavior that is seen in other types of schizophrenia.

References

Addington D, Bouchard RH, Goldberg J, Honer B, Malla A, Norman R, Tempier R. Clinical practice guidelines: treatment of schizophrenia. Can J Psychiatry. 2005;50:7s-57s.

International early psychosis association writing group. International clinical practice guidelines for early psychosis. Br J Psychiatry. 2005;187:s120-s124.