Paranoid syndrome is a special type of insanity that is characterized by a near-by-state state with fragmentary, incoherent ideas. All of them may not have even a thematic connection among themselves, which distinguishes this phenomenon from others from the same series (for example, from a paranoid syndrome). Often delusional ideas are associated with persecution, hallucinations, the state of mental automatism. The causes of paranoid syndrome often become a state of stress, aggression , anxiety, hallucinations, fears.
Paranoid syndrome - symptoms
A doctor who observes paranoid symptoms, in most cases, is convinced that the disorder already has a considerable depth. The disease permeates not only thinking, but also the behavior of the patient. Symptoms of paranoid personality disorder include:
- predominance of figurative delusions;
- auditory hallucinations;
- anxiety and depressed mood;
- systematization of delusional ideas - the patient can name the essence of the phenomenon he is afraid of (for example, persecution), his date, purpose, means, the end result;
- to the sick, nonsense is perceived as illumination;
- nonsense relationship: the patient seems that strangers on the street "hint" at something, look at each other;
- Delusional ideas can be combined with hallucinations of any type;
- delirium of persecution;
- sensory disorders.
The paranoid state often occurs with somatically conditioned mental illnesses and is often accompanied by pseudo-hallucinations. It should be noted that there are two variants of the course of the disease:
- Delusional variant - systematized delirium, patients are inaccessible or inaccessible at all.
- The hallucinatory variant - verbal hallucinations prevail, the patient goes on contact.
It is believed that it is easier to establish a diagnosis and choose a treatment technique for paranoid hallucinatory behavior, since it is possible to know the features of the condition in the patient.
Paranoid syndrome - treatment
If you notice the symptoms listed above in yourself or someone close to your relatives, do not hesitate to contact a psychiatrist. In the early stages of mental illness easier to treat, but in a state of neglect, the disease becomes very dangerous. As a rule, the treatment is prescribed a complex: psychotherapeutic methods are combined with taking medications.