Understanding and treating persecutory delusions: an interventionist-causal model approach

偏执狂指的是害怕别人会伤害你。像其他精神问题，如恐惧和恐惧症一样，偏执狂也有一系列严重程度。它发生最戏剧性的迫害妄想，但与可疑的想法，发生在10-20%的一般人群。迫切需要开发更好的治疗方法。实现这一目标的一个方法是利用对问题原因的了解。如果一个潜在的因素是因果关系，那么通过故意增加或减少它，就会对偏执产生影响。在一个独特的方案中，将进行四项研究，采取这种方法来治疗妄想症。操纵主义者的研究提供了可以纳入治疗的技术;这在焦虑症中得到了特别的证明，目的是模仿偏执狂。最后的研究将汇集申请人的所有工作，以测试一种新的治疗迫害妄想症的治疗方案。特别是使用虚拟现实的社会环境，这提供了一个很好的研究和治疗偏执狂的手段。重要的是，还将获得关于大麻这一最常用非法物质的影响的新信息。

Paranoia denotes the fear that others intend to cause you harm. Like other psychiatric problems such as fears and phobias, there is a spectrum of severity of paranoia. It occurs most dramatically as delusions of persecution, but is related to suspicious thoughts that occur in 10-20% of the general population. There is a pressing need to develop better treatment. One way to achieve this is to draw upon knowledge of the causes of the problem. If a potential factor is causal, then by deliberately increasing or decreasing it there will be an effect on paranoia. In a unique programme, four studies will be carried out that take such an approach to paranoia. Manipulationist studies provide techniques that can be incorporated into treatments; this has been particularly demonstrated for anxiety disorders and the aim is to emulate this for paranoia. The final study will bring together all the applicant‘s work in a test of a new treatment package for persecutory delusions. Particular use will be made of virtual reality social environments, which provide an excellent means of studying and potentially treating paranoia. Importantly, new information on the effects of cannabis, the most commonly used illicit substance, will also be gained.