Understanding paranoia
Subtitle: a guide for professionals, families, and sufferers
By: Martin Kantor
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780313363191
Subjects: Paranoia
Description: "In this insightful book, the author vividly takes the reader inside the minds of people who are paranoid: experiencing delusions of persecution ranging from thinking others are "out to get" them to falsely believing they have physical illnesses. ... Whether one is a paranoiac wanting to recover from the emotional disorder, or a person looking for the best way to deal with a paranoid husband, wife, friend, boss, or acquaintance, this book offers understanding and guidance"--Back cover.
Notes: Previously published: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
Table of contents: title: Some prominent characteristics of paranoid individuals; title: Delusional disorder; title: Paranoid personality disorder; title: The adverse ways paranoid individuals affect others; title: Covert (hidden) and missed paranoia; title: The gray area and the paranoia of everyday life; title: Interpersonal-social aspects of paranoia/paranoid violence; title: Forensic issues; title: The roles society and the family play in causing paranoia; title: Psychodynamic causes; title: Cognitive-behavioral causality; title: Psychodynamic/interpersonal approaches; title: Cognitive-behavioral therapy; title: Affirmative psychotherapy; title: Pharmacotherapy; title: Therapeutic cautions, caveats, and errors; title: Prognosis; title: Ways caretakers can deal effectively and supportively with the paranoid individuals in their lives; title: Things to avoid doing with paranoid individuals; title: Coping with one's own paranoia.