The effect of paranoia on the judging of harmful events. by Freeman, D, Evans, N, Cernis, E, Lister, R, Dunn, G

“…Paranoia moderated judgements of intent and blame motivation but not the degree of harm caused; high paranoia, relative to low paranoia, was associated with the unintentional scenario generating higher attributions of intent and blame and the intentional scenario generating lower attributions of intent and blame. …”

Self-Confidence and Paranoia: An Experimental Study Using an Immersive Virtual Reality Social Situation by Atherton, S, Antley, A, Evans, N, Cernis, E, Lister, R, Dunn, G, Slater, M, Freeman, D

“…Paranoia may build directly upon negative thoughts about the self. …”

Depersonalization in patients with persecutory delusions. by Cernis, E, Dunn, G, Startup, H, Kingdon, D, Wingham, G, Pugh, K, Cordwell, J, Mander, H, Freeman, D

“…A greater number of depersonalization experiences were associated with higher levels of paranoia and worry. The positive association of worry and paranoia became nonsignificant when controlling for depersonalization. …”

An early Phase II randomised controlled trial testing the effect on persecutory delusions of using CBT to reduce negative cognitions about the self: The potential benefits of enhan... by Freeman, D, Pugh, K, Dunn, G, Evans, N, Sheaves, B, Waite, F, Cernis, E, Lister, R, Fowler, D

“…BACKGROUND: Research has shown that paranoia may directly build on negative ideas about the self. …”

An early Phase II randomised controlled trial testing the effect on persecutory delusions of using CBT to reduce negative cognitions about the self: The potential benefits of enhan... by Freeman, D, Pugh, K, Dunn, G, Evans, N, Sheaves, B, Waite, F, Cernis, E, Lister, R, Fowler, D

“… <p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Background:</b> Research has shown that paranoia may directly build on negative ideas about the self. …”

Dissociation in patients with non-affective psychosis: prevalence, symptom associations, and maintenance factors by Cernis, E, Molodynski, A, Ehlers, A, Freeman, D

“…Dissociation had direct relationships with paranoia, hallucinations, low psychological wellbeing, cognitive appraisals, cognitive-behavioural responses to dissociation, perseverative thinking, and low alexithymia. …”

Cognitive appraisals of dissociation in psychosis: a brief new measure by Cernis, E, Bird, JC, Molodynski, A, Ehlers, A, Freeman, D

“…It explained variance in psychotic symptoms (paranoia: 36.4%; hallucinations: 35.0%), including additional variance compared to dissociation alone (paranoia: 5.3%; hallucinations: 2.3%).…”

Catastrophic cognitions about coronavirus: the Oxford psychological investigation of coronavirus questionnaire [TOPIC-Q] by Rosebrock, L, Cernis, E, Lambe, S, Waite, F, Rek, S, Petit, A, Ehlers, A, Clark, DM, Freeman, D

“…The questionnaire explained significant variance in depression (45.8%), social anxiety (37.3%), agoraphobia (23.2%), paranoia (27.3%), post-traumatic stress disorder (57.1%), and panic disorder (31.4%). …”