SOMATOPSYCHIC ASPECTS OF PARANOIA

The factors to which the pathogenesis of paranoia is ascribed are pred isposition, personality and environment. This paper deals with further etiological preconditions such as psychoorganic impairment, convulsiv e disorders and physical handicaps together with their psychoreactive processing, based on detailed case reports. Such patients are relative ly frequent within the (epidemiologically small) group comprising para noia. The psychodynamic factors underlying the sensitive processing of physical handicaps are described, with means of prevention being disc ussed in conclusion.