AI overview
Paranoia is a mental health condition where a person becomes convinced that others are focused on them or pose a threat—believing things like "everyone is watching me" or "people are out to get me"—even without evidence to support these fears. It matters because paranoid thinking, which is driven by anxiety and suspicion, can significantly affect how someone interprets their surroundings and interacts with others.
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Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Paranoia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Paranoid (adjective)
- Medical condition (new).field
- Psychiatry, clinical psychology
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Distrust, false accusations, anxiety, suspicion
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Research
10,358 papers- [Paranoia].ReviewUgeskrift for laeger · 2007Birkeland SF
- Pseudosocial cognition and paranoia.ReviewTrends in cognitive sciences · 2025Corlett P, Rossi-Goldthorpe R, Suthaharan P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.019
- A systematic review of self-report measures of paranoia.