Paranoia in the "normal" population / Antonio Preti and Matteo Cella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preti, Antonio.

Contributor:

Cella, Matteo.

Series:

Novinka (Series)

Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series.

Novinka

Psychiatry- theory, applications, and treatments series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paranoia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (99 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book reviews the dimensional conceptualization of persecutory delusion in the attempt to elucidate the transition from suspicious thinking to clinically relevant paranoia. A better understanding of psychosis may take advantage from the study of non-clinical population; to this aim this book's chapters review recent research work and theoretical framework used for interpretation. Current epidemiological investigations on psychotic features in the general population are summarized, and the findings are framed using the dimensional and quasi-dimensional models of psychotic symptoms distribution. Finally, the concept of paranoia as a general cognitive process, in the form of heuristic, is proposed to reconcile experimental and epidemiological findings.

Contents:

The clinical picture

The symptoms of psychosis: structure and epidemiology

A dimensional view on psychosis

The concept of psychosis proneness

Models of paranoia

Cognition and paranoia

Mood, anxiety and paranoia

Emotions and affects in paranoia

The heuristics of paranoia

The tipping point: when suspiciousness becomes paranoia

The tipping point : when suspiciousness becomes paranoia

How understanding persecutory thinking can help prevention.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61470-501-1

OCLC:

757390425