Hypertension and paranoia.
No differences in blood pressure on admission were found between samples of paranoid, paranoid schizophrenic, and nonparanoid psychiatric inpatients. The findings provide evidence against the catecholamine hypotheses of these disorders.
D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000502:physiology; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000503:physiopathology*
D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine