title: Evolutionary perspectives on paranoid disorder.
abstract: Certain subtypes of DD may represent abnormal forms of previously well-characterized, content-specific behaviors that represent evolved adaptations to challenges of social interaction and mating. Such rare delusional states may be manifestations of an adaptive hypersensitivity to important environmental threats or opportunities, or may be a byproduct of behavioral misfiring triggered by unfamiliar environmental cues or perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
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authors.lastname: Schlager
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011936:Reality Testing; D012919:Social Behavior; D012931:Social Environment