PARANOIA

By: FABRICIO MORALES O.

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays people around the world are facing different

kind of strange sickness, as a result of our complicated
and stressed life.

I.- WHAT IS PARANOIA?

The term paranoia derives from Greek PARA and

NOUS which can be translated as PARALLEL
THINKING.

Medically, Paranoia is considered as a Psychotic

Disorder caused by a very deep internal desillusion.

Paranoia is although a
Mental illness.

II.- POSSIBLE CAUSES OF

PARANOIA

It is difficult to determine
a cause or causes of
paranoia because
paranoid people may
suffer from an emotional
and mental breakdown in
certain thought
processes.

THE POSSIBLE CAUSES ARE:

Feelings of inferiority: Caused by disgust,

sense of inferiority or sense of guilty.

Personality type: There are certain people

more susceptible to this disorder.

III.- SYMPTOMS OF PARANOIA

The main symptom is a permanent delusion and the most

common is a distrust of people.

The person who suffers paranoia are usually

stubbornness,perfectionist and they difficultly express
forgiveness.

They do not recognize or accept their problem.

IV.- KINDS OF PARANOIA

Persecutory paranoia :The patient makes himself believe that all

people around him are his enemies.

Religious paranoia : The patient believes, that he is a messenger

of God.

Reformatory paranoia : The patient thinks that he is a great

reformer and he looks upon all people around him.

Hypochondrical paranoia : The patient believes that he is

suffering all kind of ridiculous diseases.

V.- PARANOIA TREATMENT

There is no cure at all but there are some methods to
control this disorder:

Psychoanalytic method - Compared

to other mental diseases, this disease
does not respond immediately to
psychoanalytic treatment.

Injection of Insulin- some patients could respond to

this treatment but if it is a severe case this is not really
effective.

VI.- CONCLUSION
It is very important to cultivate good humor and
learn to laugh of ourselves to get an objective
vision of the world to prevent paranoide
behaviors
Prevention is the most importand word, and we
have to start since our childhood.

Thank
you!!