Meaning of paranoid-personality disorder | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

““You know a lot about Bradley Chandler,” [Thomas T.] Merrigan told the jury. “You know that guns were his hobby … there was no premeditation, that he had a paranoid-personality disorder, post-traumatic-stress disorder. You know that guns were not part of the plan, that Bradley was illusional, irrational, crazy thinking.””

“[Eugene] Maurer cited defense psychiatrists’ diagnoses that [Roland] Daniels was suffering from a paranoid-personality disorder and post-traumatic stress syndrome caused by his brother’s death.”

“Formal charges against [Marlene] Flor were contained in a July 14 letter informing her a DOE-paid psychiatrist concluded she had “a paranoid-personality disorder,” leaving her ineligible for a security clearance.”

“The only crime here is that a genuinely fragile human being, a police officer unable to work as one because of a severe clinical depression and paranoid-personality disorder, as well as a back problem, is being punished by the system in having to deal with an unjustified, unnecessary and retaliatory criminal investigation.”

“[Gerald] Pascale suffered from a major depression with psychosis, from substance abuse problems and auditory hallucinations, [Daniel P.] Greenfield said. He displayed a fear of leaving familiar places and paranoid-personality disorder, Greenfield said.”

“If [Scott] Woodring has a level of distrust to the point of a paranoid-personality disorder, he would prove extremely difficult—and obviously, dangerous—for police to deal with, said John Hulsing, a retired state police lieutenant and psychologist who has studied state prisoners.”

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