Paranoia, Misinformation-Induced Beliefs, and Social Cognition: How Anxiety Can Fuel Conspiracy Thinking in Daily Life
Paranoia is a clinical and psychological construct characterized by persistent or recurrent beliefs that others intend harm, deceive, or act with malevolent purpose. In everyday language, the term can be used broadly, but in medicine it relates to a spectrum that includes suspiciousness, persecutory ideation, and, in severe forms, delusional disorder or psychosis. Importantly, not… Read More »