10 Paranoid Personality Disorder Symptoms
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10. Violence
Paranoid personality disorder is sometimes associated with violence and stalking in the forensic world. Those with PPD who don’t get the mental health care they need may grow worse over time, especially if they don’t have anyone to help them deal with their feelings of mistrust and suspicion.
This can increase their capacity to commit violent acts. However, those who receive help and work with their therapists are usually at low risk of committing any kind of violent act.5Lee, Royce J. ‘Mistrustful and Misunderstood: a Review of Paranoid Personality Disorder.’ Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, vol. 4, no. 2, 2017, pp. 151–165., doi:10.1007/s40473-017-0116-7.
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