If your paranoid thoughts are causing you significant distress and stopping you from being able to live your life normally, then you are likely to be referred to community-based services for …

The R-GPTS is a measure of paranoia comprising two subscales to assess ideas of reference (Part A) and ideas of persecution (Part B). The R-GPTS has high reliability across the …

Symptoms of paranoia and paranoid disorders include intense and irrational mistrust or suspicion, which can bring on sense of rage, hatred, and betrayal. Some people suffering from paranoid …

In this context, "paranoia" is the false and fixed belief that others are persecuting you or trying to harm or kill you, rather than an anxiety about others thinking critically of you, for example at a …

I call it the paranoid style simply because no other word adequately evokes the qualities of heated exaggeration, suspiciousness, and conspiratorial fantasy that I have in mind. In using the …

Paranoid beliefs can make people feel isolated but talking about them can help reduce stress. You might find that your point of view reassures them and gives them a different perspective.

Paranoid personality disorder, though a chronic condition, is not commonly encountered in the clinical setting. The prevalence of paranoid personality disorder indicates that it is among the …