WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER?
WOKADALA REBEKAH
PIERCE COLLEGE
Paranoid personality disorder (PDD) is one of a group of conditions called eccentric personality disorders. People with this order often are peculiar. Paranoid personality is unwarranted tendency to interpret the actions of people as deliberately threatening or demeaning it is also known as a neurosis when a person is living in the real world. Paranoid personality disorder occurs during the early adulthood stage and appears to be common in men than in women. Paranoid personality disorder is also known …show more content…
People with this disorder also have a strong need of self-sufficiency and are rigid and often polemic. These kind of people also appear to be Machiavellian. They are also afraid to form any close relationships with others and also tend to interpret friendly gestures as being malevolent. Individuals diagnosed with PPD are not psychotic but they have a conviction that others are trying to humiliate them in a certain way and which often leads to social isolation and hostility
After reading this paper, there will be more understanding of what paranoid personality disorder is and how a person retrieves this kind of disorder. Being able to understand what this disorder is all about and the characteristics of these kind of people, individuals will know how to approach and identify people leaving or having this kind of disorder. Following the paragraphs there will be a clear and better understanding of the causes, symptoms, and complications, how it is diagnosed and treated and how to prevent this kind of …show more content…
Sometimes the diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the doctor’s interview with the patient or in case of anything like the patient can’t respond to the doctor there is a questionnaire handed over to the patient for better assessment.
TREATMENT FOR PPD
According to research there is no treatment to be administered to these kinds of patients because they do not see themselves as having a problem. Another reason as to why there is no administered treatment for these patients is that the distrust felt by the patients also poses a challenge for health care professionals because trust is an important factor of psychotherapy in other wards it is a form of counselling. And as a result of PPD most patients will not take or follow their treatment plan.
Basically in general there is no medical treatment given to patients who have been diagnosed with this kind of disorder but if the patient’s symptoms are to the extreme, there are given anti-anxiety, antidepressant and anti-psychotic
WOKADALA REBEKAH
PIERCE COLLEGE
Paranoid personality disorder (PDD) is one of a group of conditions called eccentric personality disorders. People with this order often are peculiar. Paranoid personality is unwarranted tendency to interpret the actions of people as deliberately threatening or demeaning it is also known as a neurosis when a person is living in the real world. Paranoid personality disorder occurs during the early adulthood stage and appears to be common in men than in women. Paranoid personality disorder is also known …show more content…
People with this disorder also have a strong need of self-sufficiency and are rigid and often polemic. These kind of people also appear to be Machiavellian. They are also afraid to form any close relationships with others and also tend to interpret friendly gestures as being malevolent. Individuals diagnosed with PPD are not psychotic but they have a conviction that others are trying to humiliate them in a certain way and which often leads to social isolation and hostility
After reading this paper, there will be more understanding of what paranoid personality disorder is and how a person retrieves this kind of disorder. Being able to understand what this disorder is all about and the characteristics of these kind of people, individuals will know how to approach and identify people leaving or having this kind of disorder. Following the paragraphs there will be a clear and better understanding of the causes, symptoms, and complications, how it is diagnosed and treated and how to prevent this kind of …show more content…
Sometimes the diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the doctor’s interview with the patient or in case of anything like the patient can’t respond to the doctor there is a questionnaire handed over to the patient for better assessment.
TREATMENT FOR PPD
According to research there is no treatment to be administered to these kinds of patients because they do not see themselves as having a problem. Another reason as to why there is no administered treatment for these patients is that the distrust felt by the patients also poses a challenge for health care professionals because trust is an important factor of psychotherapy in other wards it is a form of counselling. And as a result of PPD most patients will not take or follow their treatment plan.
Basically in general there is no medical treatment given to patients who have been diagnosed with this kind of disorder but if the patient’s symptoms are to the extreme, there are given anti-anxiety, antidepressant and anti-psychotic