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Paranoid Personality Disorder MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Tree Number(s)
F03.675.600
Unique ID
D010260
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010260
Scope Note
A personality disorder characterized by the avoidance of accepting deserved blame and an unwarranted view of others as malevolent. The latter is expressed as suspiciousness, hypersensitivity, and mistrust.
Entry Version
PARANOID PERSONALITY DIS
Entry Term(s)
Paranoid Personality
Personality Disorder, Paranoid
NLM Classification #
WM 190.5.P2
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1979-90; was PARANOID PERSONALITY see under PARANOIA 1969-78
Online Note
use PARANOID PERSONALITY DISORDER to search PARANOID PERSONALITY 1975-79; use PARANOID DISORDERS 1969-74
History Note
91(79); was see under PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1979-90; was PARANOID PERSONALITY see under PARANOIA 1969-78
Date Established
1991/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
1997/06/20
Paranoid Personality Disorder Preferred
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