Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they might. When completing a visual perception task, in which participants had to ...

In times of unexpected uncertainty, such as the sudden appearance of a global pandemic, people may be more prone to paranoia, Yale University researchers suggest in a new study published in the ...

Paranoia is when you constantly think or believe that everyone is threatening you, even when there’s proof that it’s not true. You become very suspicious of other people and their motives. You may ...

In what is deemed the largest and most in-depth study of the effects of the main ingredient in marijuana, researchers say they have identified the psychological factors that can lead to feelings of ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought. According to British psychologist Daniel ...

The most powerful dramas are often the ones that feel unnervingly real - and Isolated is exactly that. The tense psychological thriller has been snapped up by Channel 4’s Walter Presents, and the ...