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paranoia
paranoia (pa-ră-noi-ă) n. 1. a mental illness characterized by delusions, sometimes organized into a system, without hallucinations or other marked symptoms of psychosis.
2. a state of mind in which the individual has a strong belief that he or she is persecuted by others. Severe paranoia can lead to a diagnosis of personality disorder.
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Latent Destinies. Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative. (Reviews).(Review)
Magazine article from: Studies in the Novel; 9/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...PATRICK. Latent Destinies. Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative...Latent Destinies places the discussion of paranoia "within an evolving area of study that...given the epidemic nature of contemporary paranoia--`cultural epidemiology'" (pp...
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Post-Oedipal Masses: Holding On to Our Paranoia
Magazine article from: Novel; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Post-Oedipal Masses: Holding On to Our Paranoia PATRICK O'DONNELL, Latent Destinies: Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative (Durham...announced that schizophrenia has superseded paranoia as the trope best able to describe postmodern...
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Racial distrust in America.(Opinion & ARTS)(Racial Paranoia: The Unintended Consequences of Political Correctness)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 9/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; RACIAL PARANOIA: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL...s illuminating and penetrating Racial Paranoia, I would see Mr. Wright's preaching...part of a broader American culture of paranoia over racial issues. Mr. Wright's...
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Some paranoia goes with times
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/25/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...those suffering from a condition known as paranoia. Like all mental health disorders, paranoia is, at the heart of the matter, a source...to help them. Another troubling aspect of paranoia is that what constitutes paranoid behavior...
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The Paranoia of Philip K. Dick's Colonialism.(Things Don't Like Me: Paranoia, McCarthyism and Colonialism in the Novels of Philip K. Dick)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Extrapolation; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; The Paranoia of Philip K. Dick's Colonialism. Christian Strowa. Things Don't Like Me: Paranoia, McCarthyism and Colonialism in the...00 pbk. * Things Don't Like Me: Paranoia, McCarthyism and Colonialism in the...
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Paranoia on the rise, experts say
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 11/12/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics...have paranoid thoughts. Freeman is a paranoia expert at the Institute of Psychiatry...Experts say there is a wide spectrum of paranoia, from the dangerous delusions that drive...
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The Normalization of Paranoia
Magazine article from: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to a mindset that can be described as paranoia - "the exaggerated or unfounded fear...troublesome. The Greek word from which paranoia originates implies delusional ideation...Nonetheless, these words (i.e., paranoia, paranoid thinking) have fully seeped...
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Paranoia through the ages
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 2/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; Paranoia has raised its ugly head and cut its beady...history and culture. Some highlights of paranoia through the ages: Salem: The events...been more a matter of pragmatism than paranoia. Richard Nixon: The disgraced 37th president...
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Latent Destinies: Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative. (Book Notes). (book review)
Magazine article from: symploke; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Donnell. Latent Destinies: Cultural Paranoia and Contemporary U.S. Narrative. Durham...apocalypse--he attempts to understand paranoia as a political factor. "This is the time of paranoia," he declares so unequivocally in the...
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Paranoia and Modernity: Cervantes to Rousseau.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; John Farrell. Paranoia and Modernity: Cervantes to Rousseau...ambitious study traces the workings of paranoia through a dizzying variety of texts...explained by the expansive definition of paranoia proposed: for Farrell is interested...
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Paranoia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Paranoia Definition Paranoia is a symptom in which an individual feels as if the world is "out...as if others are always talking about them behind their backs. Paranoia causes intense feelings of distrust, and can sometimes lead to...
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Paranoia (Freudian Formulas of)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
PARANOIA (FREUDIAN FORMULAS OF) "Paranoia" is one of the oldest concepts in the history of the description...mother, Clytemnestra. For most of the 19th century, the term paranoia occupied a position of the same importance as the term "schizophrenia...
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paranoia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
paranoia , in psychology, a term denoting persistent...hypochondria , and jealous delusions. The term paranoia was first used by German psychiatrist...paranoid disorders. Minor instances of paranoia are also commonly found among older people...
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"Psycho-Analytic Notes on an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia Paranoides)"
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
"PSYCHO-ANALYTIC NOTES ON AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF A CASE OF PARANOIA ( DEMENTIA PARANOIDES )" This paper is one of Freud's great theoretical-clinical studies. It deals with the autobiography...
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Paranoid Psychosis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
...opposed to the systematized delusions of paranoia. The paranoid grouping of dementia praecox...the Kraepelinian distinction between paranoia and schizophrenia which includes paranoid...term "paraphrenia" to designate the paranoia-schizophrenia grouping. He emphasized...
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