A person with paranoid personality disorder is more likely to interpret harmless events as evidence of elaborate plots against them than is a person with paranoid schizophrenia.

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Paranoid personality disorder is characterized by a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent. While individuals with this disorder may be overly suspicious, paranoid schizophrenia involves more severe and complex delusions, including elaborate plots against them, which are not based in reality and are more intense than the suspicions seen in paranoid personality disorder.

A Person with Paranoid Personality Disorder Is More Likely to Interpret