paranoid schizophrenia

[ (skit-suh-free-nee-uh, skit-suh-fren-ee-uh) ]

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A type of schizophrenia characterized by delusions of grandeur, paranoia, hallucinations, jealousy, hostility, aggressiveness, unfocused anxiety, argumentativeness, and, in severe cases, detachment from reality to the point of autism (see also autism).

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Words nearby paranoid schizophrenia

“I was so paranoid that I would shred the receipts,” she said.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As for his harsh—some might even say paranoid—opposition to European integration, “most of us would support him.”
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute|James Kirchick|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He became paranoid that his bride would be kidnapped, and told her to never go to the same place twice.
Foxcatcher’s Real-Life Psycho Killer|Marlow Stern|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And in a culture as paranoid as ours, we freak out about them all the time.
Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer|James Poulos|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Interestingly, the PLOS Medicine article noted, Otsuka makes the same claim for schizophrenia as it does for bipolar disorder.
Mother’s Little Anti-Psychotic Is Worth $6.9 Billion A Year|Jay Michaelson|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Schizophrenia was the best answer, of course, and one in which his colleagues would concur.
Warm|Robert Sheckley
But if you want to understand security, you need to consider the most paranoid possibilities.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow
Even if it's a paranoid constitutional inferior like Jimmy's father.
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
Then the paranoid symptoms appear; he imagines himself surrounded by envious enemies, who are conspiring against him.
Dearest|Henry Beam Piper
Aside from this paranoid complex he had a complete left-sided functional hemiplegia with all the concomitant signs.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck