A patient has had long-term conflicts with two siblings over their parents' wills.The patient reacts quickly with anger, suspicious that the siblings are plotting to take all the inheritance.These characteristics are most consistent with which personality disorder?

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The patient's quick reaction of anger and suspicion without any evidence of wrongdoing is consistent with the diagnostic criteria for paranoid personality disorder. People with this disorder have a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others, often assuming malicious intent without sufficient basis. The long-term conflicts with siblings over inheritance may have further fueled the patient's paranoid beliefs.

A Patient Has Had Long-Term Conflicts with Two Siblings Over