Paranoia: Clinical Features, Differential Diagnosis, Neurobiology, and Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches
Paranoia is a clinical symptom characterized by persistent, often systematized beliefs that others intend harm, deception, or unfair treatment. While paranoia can occur in many conditions, in psychiatry it is best understood as a dimension of abnormal threat appraisal rather than a single diagnosis. Clinically, it may range from transient suspiciousness to fixed delusional conviction… Read More »