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Esquizofrenia de tipo paranoide - All Information

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Esquizofrenia paranoide

Definición:

Es una enfermedad mental que involucra falsas creencias de ser perseguido o blanco de una conspiración.

Síntomas:

Las personas con esquizofrenia paranoide pueden tener creencias equivocadas (delirios) de que una o más personas están conspirando contra ellas o sus seres queridos. Es difícil o imposible para los demás convencerlos de que ellos no son el blanco de la conspiración. Las personas con esta afección pueden pasar mucho tiempo pensando acerca de cómo protegerse de la persona o personas que ellos creen están tratando de hacerles daño.

Otros síntomas abarcan:

  • Aislarse socialmente
  • Sentirse tenso, receloso, alerta y reservado
  • "Escuchar cosas" (alucinaciones auditivas)

La esquizofrenia paranoide generalmente no involucra la desorganización en el lenguaje y el comportamiento que se observa en otros tipos de esta enfermedad.

Ver el artículo sobre esquizofrenia para obtener mayor información acerca de esta enfermedad y su tratamiento.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/7/2010
  • David B. Merrill, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Addington D, Bouchard RH, Goldberg J, Honer B, Malla A, Norman R, Tempier R. Clinical practice guidelines: treatment of schizophrenia. Can J Psychiatry. 2005;50:7s-57s.

International early psychosis association writing group. International clinical practice guidelines for early psychosis. Br J Psychiatry. 2005;187:s120-s124.

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