Thesis: Homeopaths are reluctant to group remedies around any specific condition. Is there any benefit in proposing this kind of grouping?
F60.0: Web Definition (interpreted)
A pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
* Suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are harming, or deceiving him
* Preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty of friends or associates
* Reluctant to confide in others for fear that it will be used against him
* Reads hidden threatening meanings into benign remarks
* Persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults, injuries, or slights
* Perceives attacks on his character and is quick to counterattack
* Has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of partner
Rubrics suggesting Paranoid Disorder -
MIND - SUSPICIOUS 137
MIND - DELUSIONS - accused, she is 2
MIND - DELUSIONS - criticized, she is 36
MIND - DELUSIONS - appreciated, she is not 25
MIND - DELUSIONS - persecuted - he is persecuted 63
MIND - FEAR - poisoned - being poisoned; fear of 31
MIND - DELUSIONS - pursued; he was 36
MIND - DELUSIONS - enemy - surrounded by enemies 10
Remedies in 4 or more rubrics - gives the following paranoid disorder group
hyos. anac. lach. dros. verat. zinc. laur. positr. kali-br. rhus-t. ars. bell. merc. stram. aids. aur. carc. ign. staph. verat-v. ambr. hydrog. moni. plb. sulph.
Conclusion: This group of remedies should arise in any case of Paranoid personality disorder. Individual differences determine the final remedy selection.
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