Martin Kantor, MD is a Harvard psychiatrist who has been in full private practice in Boston and New York City, and active in residency training programs at several hospitals, including Massachusetts General and Beth Israel in New York. He also served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. He is currently a full-time medical author, the author of more than a dozen other books, including Homophobia, Second Edition (Praeger 2009); Uncle Sam's Shame: Inside the Veteran's Administration (Praeger 2008); Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men: Its Causes and Solutions (Praeger 2007); The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us (Praeger, 2006); Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professional, Families, and Sufferers (Praeger 2004); Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Revised and Expanded (Praeger, 2003), Passive-Aggression: A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, and the Victim (Praeger, 2002), Treating Emotional Disorder in Gay Men (Praeger, 1999), and Homophobia (Praeger, 1998).

Introduction
Description
Some Prominent Characteristics of Paranoid Individuals
Delusional Disorder
Paranoid Personality Disorder
The Adverse Ways Paranoid Individuals Affect Others
Covert (Hidden) and Missed Paranoia
The Gray Area and the Paranoia of Everyday Life
Interpersonal-Social Aspects of Paranoia/Paranoid Violence
Forensic Issues
Cause
The Roles Society and the Family Play in Causing Paranoia
Psychodynamic Causes
Cognitive-Behavioral Causality
Therapy
Psychodynamic/Interpersonal Approaches
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Affirmative Psychotherapy
Pharmacotherapy
Therapeutic Cautions, Caveats, and Errors
Prognosis
Self-Help
Ways Caretakers Can Deal Effectively with the Paranoid Individuals in their Lives
Things to Avoid Doing with Paranoid Individuals
Coping with One's Own Paranoia