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

偏执狂表示害怕别人有意伤害你。就像恐惧和恐惧症等其他精神问题一样，偏执的严重程度也有一定的范围。它最显著地表现为受迫害的妄想，但与10-20%的普通人群中出现的可疑想法有关。迫切需要开发更好的治疗方法。实现这一目标的一种方法是利用对问题原因的了解。如果一个潜在因素是因果关系，那么通过有意地增加或减少它，就会对偏执狂产生影响。在一项独特的方案中，将进行四项对偏执采取这种方法的研究。手法学研究提供了可纳入治疗的技术；这在焦虑症中得到了特别的证明，其目的是在偏执狂中效仿这一点。最后的研究将把所有申请人的工作集中在一个新的迫害妄想治疗方案的测试中。虚拟现实社会环境将被特别利用，它提供了一种极好的学习和治疗偏执的手段。重要的是，还将获得关于最常用的非法物质大麻的影响的新信息。

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.