Paranoid Personality Disorder Case Study

Paranoid personality disorder is a disorder that sounds like many people could have. However just like other disorders there are some requirement that each person must meet in order to diagnose them with this disorder. Social workers should be able to differentiate this disorder from other disorder by ensuring that the client meets all of the criteria for this disorder as well as ensuring that they are familiar with the DSM. Some symptoms for this disorder that are different from other disorder is that the client is hostile and expect that people have hidden motives. This is unlike other DSM because there is a combination of the two. Unlike the borderline disorder, when a person is just hostile during episodes. I am bias to this disorder because I feel as though the way people are brought up and their experience makes everyone a little curious about people motives. At some work places if an
Social workers might be able to tell difference between this disorder and other disorder because with this disorder there is a lot of negative act to meet the requirement for this disorder. Some symptoms that are different with this disorder than other disorder is that people with this disorder steal, lie, fight and get in trouble with the law often. My thought about this disorder is that I feel as though social workers that work in a jail facility would use this the most because this disorder seems like it was made for criminals. I don’t see a problem with me giving this disorder because I already feel pretty comfortable about diagnosing a person with this disorder now. The requirements are very specific. Treatment for this disorder is therapy, but it can be hard to get the client to participate because they are normally so defiant. When treating this disorder I think that social workers should be aware of their own safety and social worker should try and force people into their treatment