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Megalomaniac paranoia
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Megalomaniac paranoia, the mixed condition of megalomania with paranoia, is a classic psychiatric description. Among the recent psychiatric publications discussing the subject is the 2000 DSM-IV Text Revision. The relationship between megalomaniac paranoia and the concept of dementia praecox has been discussed by Domingo (2008). Among the many historical figures that have been defined as paranoid megalomaniac are Alexander the Great, Vidkun Quisling, and former dictator . In literature, megalomaniac paranoia is the central "operative emotion" behind Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow. |
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