During a session with a psychologist, a patient stated that she felt that her mother was persecuting her and that this persecution had been going on since she was a year old. These persecutory delusions are known as

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Paranoia refers to a mental disorder with persecutory delusions. The word breaks down into the suffix -noia meaning to think, and the prefix para- meaning abnormal, beside. The definition is to think abnormal (thoughts).

During a Session with a Psychologist, a Patient Stated That