Abstract
When a person experiences feelings of paranoia he is convinced that others are acting against him in an unfriendly way. Most people can recall having such feelings on occasions in response to everyday events. In the patient suffering from a paranoid reaction such feelings form a predominant part of his personality.
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Crawford, A.L. and Buchanan, B.B., Psychiatric Nursing. A Basic Manual, Davis. 1961
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© 1987 Peggy Martin
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Martin, P. (1987). Nursing the patient who is suspicious. In: Care of the Mentally Ill. The Essentials of Nursing. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09492-9_9
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