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2. Causes of mental disorders - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholism is linked to depression while abuse of amphetamines and LSD can leave a person feeling paranoid and anxious. Correlations of mental disorders with drug use include cannabis, alcohol, and caffeine. At more than 300 mg, caffeine may cause anxiety or worsen anxiety disorders. Illicit drugs can stimulate particular parts of the brain ...

3. Paranoia - Wikipedia

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   Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety, suspicion, or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality. [1] Paranoid thinking typically includes persecutory beliefs, or beliefs of conspiracy concerning a perceived threat towards oneself (i.e., "Everyone is out to get me").

4. Paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions - Wikipedia

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   Paranoid anxiety can be understood in terms of anxiety about imminent annihilation and derives from a sense of the destructive or death instinct of the child. In this position before the secure internalisation of a good object to protect the ego, the immature ego deals with its anxiety by splitting off bad feelings and projecting them out.

5. 7 Tips for Dealing With Loved Ones With Dementia-Caused Paranoia

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   This can cause delusions, which commonly incites paranoia due to feelings of confusion, anxiety, and agitation. Maureen Nash, M.D. and medical director of Providence ElderPlace in Portland, Oregon ...

6. Anxiety - Wikipedia

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   Anxiety is an emotion characterised by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. [1] [2] [3] Anxiety is different from fear in that fear is defined as the emotional response to a present threat, whereas anxiety is the anticipation of a future one. [4]

7. Avoidant personality disorder - Wikipedia

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   Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD), or anxious personality disorder, is a cluster C personality disorder characterized by excessive social anxiety and inhibition, fear of intimacy (despite an intense desire for it), severe feelings of inadequacy and inferiority, and an overreliance on avoidance of feared stimuli (e.g., self-imposed social isolation) as a maladaptive coping method. [1]