Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professionals, Families, and Sufferers

280 Pages·2004·11.325 MB·English

by  Kantor, Martin

UNDERSTANDING
PARANOIA
A Guide for
/
Professionals,
Families,
and Sufferers
MARTIN KANTOR
UNDERSTANDING
PARANOIA
MARTIN KANTOR
In this insightful book, the author vividly
takes the reader inside the minds of people
who are paranoid: experiencing delusions of
persecution ranging from thinking others are
“out to get” them to falsely believing they
have physical illness. Kantor also explains to
us other facets of the Paranoid Personality,
including suspiciousness, hypersensitivity,
extreme vigilance, simmering anger, and a
tendency to blame others for and absolve
oneself of almost everything. How does such
paranoia affect one’s life? Whether one is a
paranoiac wanting to recover from the emo¬
tional disorder, or a person looking for the
best way to deal with a paranoid husband,
wife, friend, boss, or acquaintance, this book
offers understanding and guidance. As Kantor
explains, the term “paranoid” should not be
used as a hurtful epithet. “Paranoid individuals
are no more or less evil than persons with
any other emotional disorder, or for that
matter, persons with a physical disorder.
Paranoia is a disorder of the mind, not a
flaw of character,” says Kantor.
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Understanding Paranoia

Understanding Paranoia
A Guide for Professionals,
Families, and Sufferers
Martin Kantor
Westport, Connecticut
London
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Kantor, Martin.
Understanding paranoia : a guide for professionals, families,
and sufferers / Martin Kantor.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-275-98152-5 (alk. paper)
1. Paranoia. I. Title.
RC520.K36 2004
616.897—dc22 2004042205
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2004 by Martin Kantor
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004042205
ISBN: 0-275-98152-5
First published in 2004
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
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Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the
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Copyright Acknowledgments
The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to reprint the following material:
Excerpts from Disorders of Personality: DSM-IV and Beyond, 2e. Theodore Million and Roger
Davis. Copyright © by Theodore Million. This material is used by permission of John Wdey
& Sons, Inc.
Excerpts from an Associated Press article. 10 July 2003. Reprinted with permission of The
Associated Press.
To M. E. C.