Some paranoid schizophrenics believe they're the targets of vast government conspiracies.
Suspected Capitol shooter Russell Eugene Weston Jr. These people are suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, says Torrey, board president for the Treatment Advocacy Center in Virginia. He knows that because many of them are his former patients. He also knows firsthand how much healthier they are when they're taking anti-psychotic medication. But, like so many others with the same disorder, they've stopped taking those drugs and refused further treatment.