An experimental investigation of the impact of critical and warm comments on state paranoia in a non-clinical sample

ConclusionsCriticism is sufficient to elicit increases in paranoia in non-clinical participants. Warm comments are insufficient to significantly reduce paranoia or provide protective effects against subsequent negative interpersonal experiences, highlighting the need to balance therapeutic warmth with amelioration of social stressors in paranoia.

Source: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry - August 30, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research