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Paranoia as a behavior of Alienation
Author(s) -
Aaronson Lauren S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1977.tb00888.x
Subject(s) - alienation , paranoia , existentialism , feeling , psychoanalysis , theme (computing) , id, ego and super ego , psychology , soar , social alienation , social psychology , sociology , psychotherapist , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law , artificial intelligence , computer science , operating system
The problem of alienation is becoming more serious and more visible as extended families virtually disappear, divorce rates soar, and nuclear families break up. Consequently, most people are all too familiar with the feeling of alienation. As a theme it has appeared in the literature of theology, existential philosophy, sociology, and psychology. In psychiatry, a sense of alienation is a frequent descriptive accompaniment of all pathologic defense operations of the ego.