Childhood trauma is consistently linked with Paranoid Personality disorder. Childhood emotional neglect, physical neglect, and supervision neglect predicted PPD symptom levels in adolescence to early adulthood.

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A personality disorder characterized by:
- Pervasive, unwarranted suspiciousness and distrust (ex. expectation of trickery or harm, over-concern with hidden motives and meanings)
- Hypersensitivity (ex. being easily slighted or offended, readiness to counterattack)
- Restricted affectivity (ex. emotional coldness, no true sense of humor)
-  Offended easily
- Excludes psychotic symptoms, including paranoid delusions and hallucinations

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Lee, R. J. (2017). Mistrustful and misunderstood: A review of Paranoid personality disorder. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 4(2), 151–165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40473-017-0116-7 

Mistrustful and Misunderstood: A review of Paranoid Personality Disorder 

Therapy has been shown to be beneficial:
- Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
- Individual Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Family Therapy

Medications for treatment include:
- Anti-Anxiety Medications
- Anti-Depressants
- Anti Psychotics

Paranoid Personality Disorder Treatments

-Psychodynamic
-Cognitive
-Social Cognition
-Neurobiology

Theoretical Models of PPD

Childhood Trauma in PPD

An estimated 75% of PPD cases have a Comorbid personality disorder. Avoidant and BPD are the most frequent. 

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