paranoid
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Many of its symptoms were virtually identical to the delusions of paranoid schizophrenia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia before he fatally attacked Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates in June 2023, was previously sectioned by Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
"I was paranoid and thought my parents were trying to harm me and I'd find myself getting up in the morning and walking to places for no apparent reason."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
"Rigid and persistent symptoms, such as paranoid ideas or an internalized critical voice, may be stable but not very flexible prediction models," says Stänicke.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
I almost thanked Theo for giving me an excuse to be paranoid about the food.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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