Paranoia

Albert H. Friedlander

“…Controlled clinical trials have demonstrated that this medication is effective in the management of both pure obsessions and ritual acts (compulsions) associated with obsessions in approximately 58% of patients. 43 Although some individuals respond with a total resolution of symptoms, most describe only a 35% to 60% decrease in obsessions and compulsions after 10 weeks of treatment. 44 This degree of improvement, however, usually translates into major improvements in social and vocational f~nctioning.~?…”