Understanding Paranoia A Guide for Professionals, Families, and Sufferers

Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Psychology » Abnormal Psychology
• Psychology » Environmental Psychology

Reviews:

• Starred Review Kantor assimilates existing texts and states his own views both firmly and without pretension, an excellent model for teaching and therapy....Nonprofessional readers will gain an understanding of psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral diagnosis and treatment, along with clarification of various syndromes that mimic or disguise paranoia. Patients, family members, co-workers, and friends will benefit from practical advice illustrated with well-chosen examples. A unique treatment; highly recommended for all psychology collections and larger general libraries.
  —Library Journal September 1, 2004
• As a psychological disorder, paranoia is oddly dualistic: psychiatrists and psychologists rely on technical definitions for the mental malady and laypeople have a socially agreed on sense of it. Readers will see both sides well represented here....This volume will be most useful for professionals, though faculty and students will appreciate the rich examples. Recommended. Professionals, general readers, and comprehensive academic collections.
  —Choice December 2004
• Understanding Paranoia is a collection of narrative accounts and therapeutic indications for paranoia. It is a good introduction for people who want information about this disease. It contains excellent descriptions and categorizations of what delusions generally are. It is a profitable psychological and clinical essay for therapists and paranoids themselves.
  —Metapsychology May 2, 2006
• [T]his book is an important and useful work. It may be particularly beneficial to laypersons seeking to understand paranoid behavior and learn more about potential causes and treatments. It will also be helpful for clinicians who are relatively new to working with paranoid individuals....[t]his book is a valuable guide to several aspects of paranoia, and will likely be helpful to many clinicians sufferers, and family members.
  —The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease September 2005
• 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.
  —Foreword July 2004

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Description
• Some Prominent Characteristics of Paranoid Individuals
• Delusional Disorder
• Paranoid Personality Disorder
• The Adverse Ways Paranoid Individuals Affect Others
• Covert (Hidden) and Missed Paranoia
• The Gray Area and the Paranoia of Everyday Life
• Interpersonal-Social Aspects of Paranoia/Paranoid Violence
• Forensic Issues
• Cause
• The Roles Society and the Family Play in Causing Paranoia
• Psychodynamic Causes
• Cognitive-Behavioral Causality
• Therapy
• Psychodynamic/Interpersonal Approaches
• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
• Affirmative Psychotherapy
• Pharmacotherapy
• Therapeutic Cautions, Caveats, and Errors
• Prognosis
• Self-Help
• Ways Caretakers Can Deal Effectively with the Paranoid Individuals in their Lives
• Things to Avoid Doing with Paranoid Individuals
• Coping with One's Own Paranoia