Genetic and biochemical findings in paranoid schizophrenia and other paranoid psychoses are reviewed. Although the data suggesting a lower genetic loading for schizophrenia in paranoid versus nonparanoid schizophrenia are unclear, paranoid schizophrenia does, to a limited extent, breed true within families. Monozygotic twins concordant for schizophrenia tend to be either both paranoid or both n...

Amaç: Şizofrenide bilişsel bozulmalar şizofreninin değişik belirti alt tipleriyle bağlantılıdır. Paranoid tip şizofrenide bilişsel işlevlerin daha iyi korunduğu öne sürülmüştür. Bu çalışmada, nöropsikolojik ölçümlerin, paranoid şizofreni hastalarını paranoid olmayanlardan ayrıştırıp ayrıştırmadığının değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntemler: Bu çalışmaya DSM-IV ölçütlerine göre 26 paranoid ti...

Recently, it has been suggested that thought control strategies aimed at controlling unwanted thoughts may be used to cope with paranoid thoughts in both clinical and nonclinical samples. The current study aims to examine the type of thought control strategies that were associated with the frequency of paranoid thoughts in nonclinical samples. A total of 159 Japanese undergraduate students comp...

Paranoid beliefs are associated with negative and malevolent views of others. This study, however, explored hostile and compassionate self-to-self relating in regard to paranoid beliefs. A total of 131 students were given a series of scales measuring paranoid ideation, forms and functions of self-criticism, self-reassurance, selfcompassion and depression. Test scores were subjected to correlati...

Experiences of bullying predict the development of paranoia in school-age adolescents. While many instances of psychotic phenomena are transitory, maintained victimization can lead to increasingly distressing paranoid thinking. Furthermore, paranoid thinkers perceive threat in neutral social stimuli and are vigilant for environmental risk. The present paper investigated the association between ...