The Russian-language psychiatric literature on the paranoid disorders
was reviewed for a recent 10-year period. The authors were from a variety
of facilities and geographic locations. Bibliography references were
primarily European, although 41% of the articles included references to
American publications. The paranoid patient population was similar to that
in the United States. There was extensive longitudinal study of the
disorders; epidemiologic investigations, diagnostic classification,
pharmacotherapy, treatment outcome, and etiologic theories allowed
comparison with these issues in the United States.Abstract Teaser