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European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Paranoid ideas occur very often in humans (prevalence of 0.2%). According to several studies, the origin could be found in a genetic predisposition to a selective hyperdopaminergia related to the D2 receptor and dopamine neurotransmitter ...
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Attentional bias in paranoia: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
BJPsych OpenBackground Paranoia is a transdiagnostic symptom and is associated with cognitive and social impairments. Attentional bias toward threat is thought to maintain paranoia.
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Mental Health ScienceIntolerance of uncertainty (IU; the tendency to find uncertainty aversive) and paranoia (e.g., excessive mistrust of others), are both associated with anxiety and depression symptoms.
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Schizophrenia Research, 2009 Insomnia is a potential cause of anxiety, depression, and anomalies of experience; separate research has shown that anxiety, depression and anomalies of experience are predictors of paranoia. Thus insomnia may contribute to the formation and maintenance of persecutory ideation.
Laura Southgate +2 more
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SN/VTA neuromelanin signal is associated with subclinical paranoia irrespective of familial risk for psychosis [PDF]
SchizophreniaSubclinical paranoia is present in the relatives of patients with psychosis but it is also relatively common in the general population. Dopamine neurotransmission is increased in people with psychosis and is linked with positive symptoms, such as ...
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A preliminary investigation of paranoia variability and its association with social functioning
Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 2022 Background: Paranoid ideation is a core feature of psychosis and is associated with impaired social functioning. Severity of paranoia can fluctuate across time as symptoms wax and wane; however, no study has systematically investigated how this intra ...
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Inducing Paranoia is Linked to Increased Resting Amygdala Cerebral Blood Flow in Healthy Individuals
Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 2022 Among individuals with schizophrenia, paranoia has been linked to increased resting cerebral blood flow (CBF) in amygdala, suggesting that amygdala hyperactivity may be a mechanism for paranoid ideation.
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Social anxiety and paranoia often co-occur and exacerbate each other. While loneliness and negative schemas contribute to the development of social anxiety and paranoia separately, their role in the development of the two symptoms co-occurring is rarely ...
Anson Kai Chun Chau +2 more
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Psychiatry Research Communications, 2023 Paranoia-like thoughts have been found to be associated with maladaptive emotion-focused and avoidant coping strategies. Avoidant coping aim to disconnect from a perceived stressor or to reduce tension indirectly, such as through increased substance use ...
Paulina Bagrowska, Łukasz Gawęda
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European Psychiatry, 2022 Reasoning biases, specifically jumping to conclusions and belief inflexibility, may play a causal role in persistent paranoia. SlowMo, a new digitally supported blended cognitive-behavioural therapy, targets these biases.
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