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

理解和治疗被害妄想：干预因果模型方法

• 批准号: G0902308/1
• 负责人: Daniel Freeman
• 金额: $ 178.53万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2010 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0902308%2F1
• 关键词: Understanding; treating; persecutory; delusions; interventionist

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.

偏执狂表示担心别人打算造成伤害的恐惧。像其他精神科问题（例如恐惧和恐惧症）一样，偏执狂的严重程度也很严重。它是对迫害的妄想最大的发生，但与10-20％普通人群发生的可疑思想有关。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借鉴问题的原因。如果潜在因素是因果关系，则通过故意增加或减少其因果关系，会对偏执狂产生影响。在一个独特的计划中，将进行四项研究，以采用这种偏执狂的方法。操纵主义研究提供可以纳入治疗的技术；这是焦虑症特别证明的，目的是为偏执狂模仿。最终的研究将汇集所有申请人的工作，以测试用于迫害描述的新治疗套餐。特定用途将由虚拟现实的社会环境组成，这为研究和潜在治疗偏执狂提供了一种极好的手段。重要的是，还将获得有关大麻的影响，最常用的非法物质的新信息也将获得。