Theory & Psychology, 2009 Both psychology and psychiatry are dominated by individualistic accounts of paranoia (and, indeed, other forms of distress). As a corrective to these, this paper provides a social account of paranoia grounded in a minimal notion of embodied subjectivity constituted from the interpenetration of feelings, perception and discourse.
Sontag, Matthew
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Janus Head, 2015 This exploratory essay aims to open différance to a form of enquiry it has not seen coming. A consideration of the complex temporality that attends its historical emergence leads to a specifically différantial articulation of spatio-temporality.
Love, K
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A structural equation model of the relationship between insomnia, negative affect, and paranoid thinking [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence points to relationships between insomnia, negative affect, and paranoid thinking. However, studies are needed to examine (i) whether negative affect mediates the relation between insomnia and paranoid thinking, (ii)
Rowse, G., Scott, A.J., Webb, T.L.
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The Clinical Features of Paranoia in the 20th Century and Their Representation in Diagnostic Criteria From DSM-III Through DSM-5 [PDF]
, 2016 This review traces, through psychiatric textbooks, the history of the Kraepelinian concept of paranoia in the 20th century and then relates the common reported symptoms and signs to the diagnostic criteria for paranoia/delusional disorder in DSM-III ...
Kendler, Kenneth S.
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Negative cognition, affect, metacognition and dimensions of paranoia in people at ultra-high risk of psychosis: a multi-level modelling analysis [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Paranoia is one of the commonest symptoms of psychosis but has rarely been studied in a population at risk of developing psychosis. Based on existing theoretical models, including the proposed distinction between ‘poor me’ and ‘bad me ...
Bentall, R.P. +10 more
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Sleep quality and paranoia: the role of alexithymia, negative emotions and perceptual anomalies [PDF]
, 2018 Recent evidence suggests that sleep problems are associated with psychotic like experiences including paranoia. However, the mechanisms underpinning this association are not well understood and thus studies modelling hypothesised mediating factors are ...
Biello, Stephany +2 more
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Self-affirmation and nonclinical paranoia [PDF]
, 2014 Background and ObjectivesThis experiment examined whether reflecting on a core value—value-affirmation—was effective in attenuating state paranoia in students.MethodsUniversity students (N = 55) were randomised to either a value-affirmation or non ...
Ellett, Lyn, Kingston, Jessica
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A randomised controlled trial of a brief online mindfulness-based intervention on paranoia in a non-clinical sample [PDF]
, 2018 Paranoia is common and distressing in the general population and can impact on health, emotional well-being and social functioning, such that effective interventions are needed.
A Fenigstein +46 more
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Do paranoid delusions exist on a continuum with subclinical paranoia? A multi-method taxometric study [PDF]
, 2017 Background There is widespread interest in whether psychosis exists on a continuum with healthy functioning. Previous research has implied that paranoia, a common symptom of psychosis, exists on a continuum but this has not been investigated using ...
A. Elahi +46 more
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