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.
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ISBN |
0275981525 alkaline paper |
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