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Paranoia: The Psychology of Persecutory Delusions

By Daniel Freeman

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
184169522X, 9781841695228, 9780203508633
LCC
RC520 .F724 2004
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1084437 bytes)
Series
Maudsley Monographs
Pages
409\409
Topic
Art Graphic Arts
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Paranoia is the suspicion that other intend to cause you harm. It is a common experience in the general population, though often overlooked. In its most severe form, paranoia occurs as persecutory delusions. Paranoia, written by leading researchers in this field, is the first cognitive psychology book to have persecutory delusions as its focus. Scholarly, comprehensive and illustrated by clinical examples throughout, this study defines the phenomena in detail and analyses the content of persecutory delusions. It reviews previous psychological writings, explores the relationship between psychosis and neurosis, reports on innovative empirical studies with patients, and highlights future essential research directions. Paranoia outlines a new theoretical model of the formation and maintenance of persecutory delusions, providing an excellent guide to this important clinical topic. It will be of great interest and use to all psychiatrists and clinical psychologists who work in this field.

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