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Paranoid Psychosis

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Paranoid Schizophrenia. A type of schizophrenia in which there are:

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    Preoccupation with one or more systematized delusions or with frequent auditory hallucinations related to a single theme.

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    None of the following: incoherence, marked loosening of association, flat or grossly inappropriate affect, catatonic behavior, grossly disorganized behavior.

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  2. Pine Rest Christian Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

    Roger C. Sider M.D.

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Schiffer, R.B., Klein, R.F., Sider, R.C. (1988). Paranoid Psychosis. In: The Medical Evaluation of Psychiatric Patients. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0783-7_9

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