Paranoid Disorders - Psychology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation.

29 Sep 2009 People experiencing sensory deprivation often report perceptual disturbances such as hallucinations, especially over extended periods of time. However, there is little evidence concerning short-term sensory deprivation and whether its effects differ ... Read more...

Understanding the relationships between self-esteem, experiential avoidance, and paranoia: structural equation modelling and experience sampling studies.

30 Aug 2009 Hypothesized relationships between experiential avoidance (EA), self-esteem, and paranoia were tested using structural equation modeling in a sample of student participants (N = 427). EA in everyday life was also investigated using the Experience ... Read more...

Perceptions of paranoid thoughts in a nonclinical group of college students.

30 May 2009 Researchers have focused on the distinction between paranoid and social anxious thoughts for eliciting characteristics of paranoid thoughts in greater detail, which may aid theoretical development and understanding of persecutory delusions with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Paranoid Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The psychotomimetic effects of short-term sensory deprivation. 29 Sep 2009
• Understanding the relationships between self-esteem, experiential avoidance, and paranoia: structural equation modelling and experience sampling studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Longing for the disappointing object and dreading its return. 30 Jul 2009
• The normalization of paranoia. 29 Jun 2009
• Perceptions of paranoid thoughts in a nonclinical group of college students. 30 May 2009
• The persecution and deservedness scale. 5 May 2009
• Appraisals of intentional actions from three perspectives: Do they relate to paranoia. 29 Apr 2009
• Psychotic and behavioural symptoms in a population-based sample of the very elderly subjects. 6 Mar 2009
• Delusions of reference: a new theoretical model. 27 Feb 2009
• Attributional biases in paranoia: the development and validation of the Achievement and Relationships Attributions Task (ARAT). 27 Feb 2009
• Caffeine-induced psychosis. 27 Feb 2009
• [Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Brief Core Schema Scales] 30 Jan 2009
• Through the eye of the needle: the unfolding of the unconscious body. 30 Jan 2009
• Psychological causes of schizophrenia. 25 Jan 2009
• Strategic cognition in paranoia: the use of thought control strategies in a non-clinical population. 30 Dec 2008
• Perceptions of hostility by persons with and without persecutory delusions. 30 Dec 2008
• Insomnia and paranoia. 18 Dec 2008
• Understanding attributional biases, emotions and self-esteem in 'poor me' paranoia: findings from an early psychosis sample. 30 Nov 2008
• Possible varenicline-induced paranoia and irritability in a patient with major depressive disorder, borderline personality disorder, and methamphetamine abuse in remission. 29 Nov 2008
• Cognitive and emotional differences between abusive and non-abusive fathers. 23 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Paranoid Disorders'

Definition: Chronic mental disorders in which there has been an insidious development of a permanent and unshakeable delusional system (persecutory delusions or delusions of jealousy), accompanied by preservation of clear and orderly thinking. Emotional responses and behavior are consistent with the delusional state.

Descriptor UI: D010259

Alternative terms: Paranoid Disorders; Disorder, Paranoid; Disorders, Paranoid; Paranoid Disorder; Psychoses, Paranoid; Paranoid Psychoses; Paranoia; Paranoias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.700.450;

Online Note: use PARANOID DISORDERS to search PARANOIA 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PARANOIA 1963-80