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Is the suspiciousness lifelong or recent?
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Lifelong suspiciousness
This usually indicates a paranoid personality.
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Is the patient’s attitude and behaviour par for the course? = another manifestation of personality reaction. Remember that the patient’s grievances may sometimes be genuine.
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Is the patient’s reaction more intense than usual or are the ideas expressed delusional? Consider: paranoid reaction, paranoid psychosis, depressive illness or occult physical illness.
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Davison, K. (1987). Suspicious patients. In: Pollitt, J.D. (eds) Psychiatric Emergencies in Family Practice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3191-6_2
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