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Paranoid Personality Disorder, also known as Personality Disorder – Paranoid or PPD is a disorder that has a great affect on behavior patterns. People with Paranoid Personality Disorder are usually people who are very suspicious of everyone’s motives. They will not usually share any secrets for fear that they will be exploited. Poor sense of humor, hostility, bad self esteem/image, and social isolation are some of the signs and symptoms of PPD. Self dependence is a very important thing to them, as they do not trust other people.
The causes of this disorder are very unclear, there have been hints as to what may influence this development, but nothing is for certain. Family history seems to have an influence on it. If one or more family members has a psychotic disorder, such as schizophrenia or delusional disorder, there could be a better chance that another family member may have PPD. Some psychologists seem to think that the characteristics of it might have been learned......

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