Cognitive models propose that paranoia and persecutory delusions arise from misinterpretation of personal experiences as threatening, driven by maladaptive beliefs, anomalous perceptions and biased ...

Paranoia is a common word that's commonly misunderstood. "S/he's so paranoid!" can be heard in everyday conversation with the same incomprehension as saying someone is "OCD" because they're organized.

Paranoia is a symptom of bipolar that, depending on the intensity of the thoughts and delusions, can pose treatment challenges. Here’s how to identify and address paranoia. Paranoia can be a symptom ...

Some peculiarities of the delusional state (The patients described below have been disguised.) In a way, everything about the delusional state is peculiar. An affected person (usually a paranoid ...

People who see meaning where there is none, like imagining one dot chasing another, may be showing early signs of paranoia or psychosis. Yale scientists found that such visual misperceptions are tied ...

Julia Sheffield, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has dedicated her career to solving the mysteries of psychosis. As a clinician, Sheffield, the Jack Martin, MD ...