The primary and preferred approach to the treatment of the paranoid personality is long-term, relatively intensive (two or more sessions weekly) individual psychotherapy. If this level of intensity proves too threatening, the…

Residential therapies do not have much of a role in the treatment of paranoid personalities as such. When patients with paranoid personalities deteriorate and undergo psychotic decompensation, however, hospitalization and associated residential therapies…

Introduction

Paranoid personality disorder is an enduring pattern of maladaptive behavior, thinking, and personality traits. Patients with this disorder are not psychotic, but some evidence suggests a possible…

Biological interventions in the treatment of paranoid personality disorder are limited to the use of drugs. Although the psychotic process in a delusional paranoid patient may be effectively treated by antipsychotic medication, such is…

From the perspective of the paranoid process, the symptoms of the patient with paranoid personality disorder can be seen as expressing attitudes and feelings derived from the patient’s pathological sense of self. Consequently,…