An identity-based cognitive model of self-schemata, perceived social support and paranoid ideation: data from lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals [PDF]
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people experience mental health inequalities but there are limited data on paranoid ideation in this population. Using cross-sectional survey data from 257 LGB people, this study tests an identity-based cognitive model of ...
Barbara Lopes, Rusi Jaspal
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Insomnia contributes to paranoid thoughts through mechanisms involving anxiety and non-constructive rumination [PDF]
Insomnia is a significant public health concern associated with cognitive difficulties and mental health problems. Growing evidence suggests that anxiety and rumination may explain how insomnia contributes to paranoid thoughts. Yet, the specific roles of
Julie Faccini +3 more
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Pilot study of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers reveals inflammatory changes in patients with paranoid schizophrenia [PDF]
Paranoid schizophrenia is a severe mental illness with both positive and negative symptoms. Currently, the role of peripheral and central inflammation is increasingly suspected as possible factor in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia.
Franz Felix Konen +16 more
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Variations in Sleep Architecture among Different Subtypes of Schizophrenia: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Introduction: Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterised by positive symptoms such as delusions and hallucinations, as well as negative symptoms including anhedonia, asociality, avolition, and affective blunting.
Sagarika Ray +3 more
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What does static electricity has to do with schizophrenia?
Introduction The suspiciousness of a paranoid patient could reach extremes. Objectives To present the lessons learned after an interview with a similar patient. Methods Case report.
A. Paraschakis
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Hypnotizability and Disordered Personality Styles in Cluster A Personality Disorders
Aim: Interpersonal sensitivity and mistrust are the main characteristics of cluster A personality disorders (CAPD) which might be due to the high accessibility to negative suggestions from environments.
Bingren Zhang +6 more
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Parental Alienation Syndrome as a Consequence of Paranoid Contagion or Shared Psychosis
Introduction Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) was proposed by Richard A. Gardner in 1985. It is assumed to occur in some distressing marriage break-ups, when a parent “brainwashes” his children so they reject the other parent in an unjustified way ...
A. Ruiz-Tristan +3 more
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Neuropsychological assessment in patients with paranoid and non-paranoid schizophrenia
Objective: Cognitive impairments in schizophrenia are associated with different symptom subtypes of schizophrenia. It has been suggested that cognitive functions in the paranoid type of schizophrenia were better protected.
Serhat Citak +3 more
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Epistemic stance, comprising epistemic trust, mistrust, and credulity, and the closely related construct of mentalizing have been related to paranoid ideation and conspiracy mentality.
Sophie Hauschild +3 more
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Tearing Out the Income Tax by the (Grass)Roots [PDF]
Landscapes are increasingly fragmented, and conservation programs have started to look at network approaches for maintaining populations at a larger scale. We present an agent-based model of predator–prey dynamics where the agents (i.e.
A Hastings +52 more
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