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Author Kantor, Martin.

Title Understanding paranoia : a guide for professionals, families, and sufferers / Martin Kantor.

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  RC520 .K36 2004    Available  ---
Description xvii, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index.
Contents 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 -- The roles society and the family play in causing paranoia -- Psychodynamic causes -- Cognitive-behavioral causality -- Psychodynamic/interpersonal approaches -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy -- Affirmative psychotherapy -- Pharmacotherapy -- Therapeutic cautions, caveats, and errors -- Prognosis -- Ways caretakers can deal effectively and supportively with the paranoid individuals in their lives -- Things to avoid doing with paranoid individuals -- Coping with one's own paranoia.
Subject Paranoia.
Paranoia.
Paranoïa.
ISBN 0275981525 alkaline paper