What is the disorder that causes extreme paranoia, is it Schizophrenia?
Paranoid schizophrenia: DSM IV-TR Criteria To be diagnosed with schizophrenia, a person must display: Characteristic symptoms: Two or more of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period (or less, if successfully treated) -delusions -hallucinations -disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or -incoherence; speaking in abstracts). -grossly disorganized behavior (e.g. dressing inappropriately, crying frequently) or catatonic behavior -negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening (lack or decline in emotional response), alogia (lack or decline in speech), or avolition (lack or decline in motivation). -Note: Only one of these symptoms is required if delusions are bizarre or hallucinations consist of hearing one voice participating in a running commentary of the patient’s actions or of hearing two or more voices conversing with each other. -Social/occupational dysfunction: For a significant portion of the time since the onset of the disturba
