NOT a paranoid symptom
Correct Answer: Delusion of infidelity
Description: (B) Delusion of infidelity# SUBTYPES SCHIZOPHRENIA SYMPTOMS:# PARANOID> Delusions of persecution or grandeur. Often accompanied by hallucinations (voices)> Older onset than other types with less regression of mental faculties and emotional response# CATATONIC> Complete stupor or pronounced decrease in spontaneous movements May be mute, Often negativism, echopraxia, automatic obedience, Rigidity of posture, can be left standing or sitting in awkward positions for long periods of time, Brief outbursts of violence without provocation, Waxy flexibility> Alternatively, can be excited and evidence extreme motor agitation Incoherent and often violent or destructive In their excitement, can hurt themselves, or collapse in exhausstion, Repetitious, stereotyped behaviors# DISORGANIZED: Incoherent, primitive, uninhibited, Unorganized behaviors and speech , Active, but aimless, Poor personal appearance , Little contact with reality, Pronounced thought disorder, Explosive laughter, Silliness, Incongruous grinning# UNDIFFERENTIATED: Psychotic symptoms. Does not fit disorganized diagnoses or catatonic, paranoid# RESIDUAL: Previous episode, but no prominent psychotic symptoms at evaluation. Some lingering negative symptoms# Othello syndrome is delusion of infidelity of a spouse or partner.> Othello syndrome affects males and, less common in females and is characterized by recurrent accusations of infidelity, searcnes for evidence, repeated interrogation of the partner, tests of their partner's fidelity, and sometime stalking.
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