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Social Work Clinical Board Exam Prep

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A serious disorder requiring therapy is characterized by systemized delusions and the frequent projection of personal conflicts. The outcome may be hostility towards others where aggressive acts are believed to take place in self-defense. Symptoms of delusion appear slowly, and a patient may be suspicious, jealous, irritable, and bitter.
What type of personality disorder is described above?
  1. Dependent
  2. Paranoia
  3. Self-centered
  4. Cognitive
Explanation
Answer: B - Mental health professionals diagnose individuals with paranoid personality disorder if they display preoccupied doubts about friends, suspicions that others are plotting against them, reads negativity into positive remarks and is reluctant to confide in peers. People with paranoid personality disorder do not acknowledge their own faults, and delusions become permanently organized.
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