paranoid schizophrenia
n : a form of schizophrenia characterized by delusions (of
persecution or grandeur or jealousy); symptoms may
include anger and anxiety and aloofness and doubts about
gender identity; unlike other types of schizophrenia the
patients are usually presentable and (if delusions are
not acted on) may function in an apparently normal manner
[syn: {paranoic type schizophrenia}, {paraphrenic
schizophrenia}, {paraphrenia}]