QH CC#68 - Page 5

No,im not colorblind
I know the world is black and white

try to keep an open mind
just cant sleep on this tonight

Stop this train
I wanna get off and go home again

cant take the speed it's movin in
I know i cant
but honestly wont someone stop this train

Paranoid personality disorder (PPD) is a mental disorder
characterized by paranoia and a pervasive, long-standing
suspiciousness and generalized mistrust of others. Individuals
with this personality disorder may be hypersensitive, easily feel
slighted, and habitually relate to the world by vigilant scanning
of the environment for clues or suggestions that may validate
their fears or biases. Paranoid individuals are eager observers.
They think they are in danger and look for signs and threats of
that danger, potentially not appreciating other evidence. [1]
They tend to be guarded and suspicious and have quite
constricted emotional lives. Their reduced capacity for
meaningful emotional involvement and the general pattern of
isolated withdrawal often lend a quality of schizoid isolation to
their life experience. [2] [ verification needed ] People with this
particular disorder may or may not have a tendency to bear
grudges, suspiciousness, tendency to interpret others' actions
as hostile, persistent tendency to self-reference, or a tenacious
sense of personal right. [3]
Causes

Originally posted by: HallyH

i cant wait to get it on dvd
And bonnie omg man soo sad

Causes
A genetic contribution to paranoid traits and a possible genetic
link between this personality disorder and schizophrenia exist.
Psychosocial theories implicate projection of negative internal
feelings and parental modeling.

Diagnosis
WHO
The World Health Organization's ICD-10 lists paranoid
personality disorder as ( F 60.0 ) Paranoid personality
disorder .[5]
It is characterized by at least three of the following:
1. excessive sensitivity to setbacks and rebuffs;
2. tendency to bear grudges persistently, i.e. refusal to
forgive insults and injuries or slights;
3. suspiciousness and a pervasive tendency to distort
experience by misconstruing the neutral or friendly actions
of others as hostile or contemptuous ;
4. a combative and tenacious sense of personal rights out
of keeping with the actual situation;
5. recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding
sexual fidelity of spouse or sexual partner;
6. tendency to experience excessive self-importance,
manifest in a persistent self-referential attitude;
7. preoccupation with unsubstantiated " conspiratorial "
explanations of events both immediate to the patient and in
the world at large.
Includes:
expansive paranoid, fanatic , querulant and sensitive
paranoid personality (disorder)
Excludes:
delusional disorder
schizophrenia
It is a requirement of ICD-10 that a diagnosis of any specific
personality disorder also satisfies a set of general personality
disorder criteria . It is also pointed out that for different cultures
it may be necessary to develop specific sets of criteria with
regard to social norms, rules and obligations.

APA
The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV-TR has similar
criteria. They require in general the presence of lasting distrust
and suspicion of others, interpreting their motives as
malevolent, from an early adult age, occurring in a range of
situations. 4 of 7 specific issues must be present, which
include different types of suspicions or doubt (such as of being
exploited, or that remarks have a subtle threatening meaning),
in some cases regarding others in general or specifically friends
or partners, and in some cases referring to a response of
holding grudges or reacting angrily.

Other
Various researchers and clinicians may propose varieties and
subsets or dimensions of personality related to the official
diagnoses. Psychologist Theodore Millon has proposed five
subtypes of paranoid personality: [7][8]
Subtype Features
Obdurate
(including
compulsive
features)
Self-assertive, unyielding, stubborn, steely,
implacable, unrelenting, dyspeptic, peevish,
and cranky stance; legalistic and self-
righteous; discharges previously restrained
hostility; renounces self-other conflict.
Fanatic
(including
narcissistic
features)
Grandiose delusions are irrational and flimsy;
pretentious, expensive supercilious contempt
and arrogance toward others; lost pride
reestablished with extravagant claims and
fantasies.
Querulous
(including
negativistic
features)
Contentious, caviling, fractious,
argumentative, faultfinding,
unaccommodating, resentful, choleric,
jealous, peevish, sullen, endless wrangles,
whiny, waspish, snappish.
Insular
(including
avoidant
features)
Reclusive, self-sequestered, hermitical; self-
protectively secluded from omnipresent
threats and destructive forces; hypervigilant
and defensive against imagined dangers.
Malignant
(including
sadistic
features)
Belligerent, cantankerous, intimidating,
vengeful, callous, and tyrannical; hostility
vented primarily in fantasy; projects own
venomous outlook onto others; persecutory
delusions.