Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed more often in:
a. Men
b. Women
c. Children
d. Adolescents
A
Paranoid personality disorders are diagnosed in up to 2.5% of the population, more often in men than in women.
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1. care of the young adult 2. care of the school age child 3. care of the preterm infant 4. care of the elderly
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