Psychoanalytic contributions to the theory of paranoia are reviewed. As a primary problem underlying paranoia, this paper emphasizes the importance of beating fantasy associated with a fragile persona...
The Paranoia Scale (PS) was designed to assess subclinical paranoid ideation (A. Fenigstein & P. A. Vanable, 1992). Despite its established validity, the PS has several problems that need to be addres...
The expression of elements of a paranoid symptomatology (suspicion, mistrust, hostility, etc.) is frequently seen in the elderly patients. Paranoid symptom is non-specific in geronto-psychiatric pract...
Paranoia (delusional disorder) is an uncommon chronic condition, characterized by the presence of delusions and the relative absence of other psychopathology. Unlike in schizophrenia, the paranoiac de...