Paranoid schizophrenia

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Introduction Signs and symptoms Causes When to seek medical advice

Screening and diagnosis Treatment Coping skills

Introduction

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness. People with schizophrenia don't perceive and respond to the world as most other people do.

Paranoid schizophrenia is a subtype of schizophrenia. People with paranoid schizophrenia hold untrue beliefs (delusions) or hear things others don't hear (auditory hallucinations).

The onset of schizophrenia in men is usually in the teens or 20s. The onset in women is usually in the 20s or early 30s. Paranoid schizophrenia tends to appear toward the later end of this range.

Although there's no cure for paranoid schizophrenia, medications and well-coordinated mental health care services can help people manage the disease.

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