Paranoid : exploring suspicion from the dubious to the delusional (no, this book is not about you) /...
Paranoid : exploring suspicion from the dubious to the delusional (no, this book is not about you) /...
Paranoid : exploring suspicion from the dubious to the delusional (no, this book is not about you) / David J. LaPorte.
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Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
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G 2015/3722
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English
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Physical content
300 pages : illustration ; 23 cm.
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text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction: why you need (really need) to read this book -- Meet paranoia -- Inside the mind of paranoia -- Kinds of paranoia -- Where else do we find paranoia? -- Where does paranoia come from? -- The engine of paranoia: the suspiciousness system -- Drugs and paranoia -- Other ways to turn on par...
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Publisher
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
"From the pathological killers who gunned down the innocents at Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech to the average citizen who suspects the government is monitoring phone calls, the signs of paranoia are all around us. In this comprehensive overview of an increasingly serious problem, an experienced neuropsychologist and researcher describes what paranoia...
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Paranoid : exploring suspicion from the dubious to the delusional (no, this book is not about you) / David J. LaPorte.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
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Electronic version: LaPorte, David J., 1954- Paranoid. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015 9781633880696 (OCoLC)918136096.
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G 2015/3722
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1633880680 (paperback)
9781633880689 (paperback)
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616.897
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991023193739702626
