BACKGROUND The network approach to psychopathology conceives mental disorders as sets of symptoms causally impacting on each other. The strengths of the connections between symptoms are key elements in the description of those symptom networks. Typically, the connections are analysed as linear associations (i.e., correlations or regression coefficients). However, there is insufficient awareness...

CONTEXT Paranoid delusions are a common symptom of a range of psychotic disorders. A variety of psychological mechanisms have been implicated in their cause, including a tendency to jump to conclusions, an impairment in the ability to understand the mental states of other people (theory of mind), an abnormal anticipation of threat, and an abnormal explanatory style coupled with low self-esteem....

BACKGROUND Sleep difficulties might be a contributory causal factor in the occurrence of mental health problems. If this is true, improving sleep should benefit psychological health. We aimed to determine whether treating insomnia leads to a reduction in paranoia and hallucinations. METHODS We did this single-blind, randomised controlled trial (OASIS) at 26 UK universities. University student...

• Grandiose and vulnerable narcissism were associated with conspiracist ideation (CI). This was true for both self-report informant-report measures. Delusions accounted the association of forms CI. Need uniqueness grandiose Paranoia The present cross-sectional study ( N Participants = 397; Informants 460) examined conspiracy beliefs in context four theoretically-relevant mediators. who higher m...