This video answers the question: Can I conduct a comprehensive review of Paranoid Personality Disorder?

I will review the definition, history, etiology, comorbidity, and treatment of the disorder.

Paranoid Personality Disorder is characterized by a pervasive pattern of distrust, suspiciousness, and hostility. It is a Cluster A Personality Disorder, which is the odd and eccentric cluster.

In the DSM we see that Paranoid Personality Disorder has seven symptom criteria, four or more are required for diagnosis:
1. believes that others are deceiving, exploiting, or harming them even though the evidence does not support that conclusion
2. preoccupation with unjustified doubts about the loyalty of friends or colleagues
3. reluctant to confide in others, fearful that the information will be used against him
4. interprets benign remarks as demeaning or threatening
5. persistently bears grudges
6. believes that their character or reputation as being attacked and quickly reacts with anger
7. believes spouse or partner is unfaithful, without justification

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author.

Triebwasser, J., Chemerinski, E., Roussos, P., & Siever, L. J. (2013). Paranoid Personality Disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 27(6), 795–805. doi:10.1521/pedi_2012_26_055

Birkeland, S. F. (2013). Psychopharmacological treatment and course in paranoid personality disorder. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 28(5), 283–285. doi:10.1097/yic.0b013e328363f676
Adrian Furnham and John Crump, A Big Five Facet Analysis of a Paranoid Personality Disorder, Journal of Individual Differences 2015; Vol. 36(4):199–204

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

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