People who see meaning where there is none, like imagining one dot chasing another, may be showing early signs of paranoia or psychosis. Yale scientists found that such visual misperceptions are tied ...

Paranoia is a symptom of bipolar that, depending on the intensity of the thoughts and delusions, can pose treatment challenges. Here’s how to identify and address paranoia. Paranoia can be a symptom ...

Real life experiences of adversity such as physical and/or sexual abuse, neglect, bullying, and foster home placement are highly correlated with an increased risk of psychosis in adult life. Although ...

Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist failed to see the early warning signs of his relapse into psychosis and should be investigated by ...

Note that this author has published a book, entitled “Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon Mind”, available on Amazon.com. Anna Freud (1937) created a theory of defense mechanisms ...

Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might. When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to ...