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==Paranoia==[[Delusion]]s are usually defined in [[psychiatry]] as firmly held, incorrigible [[false ]] beliefs, inconsistent with the information available with the beliefs of the [[subject]]'s [[social]] group. [[Delusion]]s are the central [[clinical]] feature of [[paranoia]], andcan range from single [[ideas]] to [[complex]] networks of [[belief]]s.
with ==Name-of-the-Father==In [[Lacan]]ian [[terms]], the [[paranoiac]] [[lack]]s the [[Name-of-the-Father]], and the [[delusion]] is the [[paranoiac]]'s attempt to fill the [[hole]] [[left]] in his [[symbolic|symbolic universe]] by the [[absence]] of this primordial [[signifier]]. Thus the [[delusion]] is not the beliefs "[[illness]]" of [[paranoia]] itself, but rather, the subject[[paranoiac]]'s social group (see American Psychiatricattempt to heal himself, to pull himself out of the breakdown of the [[symbolic|symbolic universe]] by means of a [[substitute formation]].
AssociationAs [[Freud]] commented in his [[work]] on [[Schreber]]:<blockquote>"What we take to be the pathological production, the delusional [[formation]], is in [[reality]] the attempt at recovery, the reconstruction."<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud|Psycho-Analytic Notes on an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia Paranoides)]], 1987" 1911c: 395; Hughes[[SE]] XII, 1981: 206). Delusions are the central clinical71</ref></blockquote>
feature ==Jacques Lacan==[[Lacan]] insists on the [[significance]] of PARANOIAthe [[delusion]] and stresses the importance of attending closely to the [[psychosis|psychotic]] [[patient]]'s own account of his [[delusion]]. The [[delusion]] is a [[form]] of [[discourse]], and can range from single ideas must therefore be [[understood]] as "a field of [[signification]] that has organised a certain [[signifier]]."<ref>{{S3}} p. 121</ref> For this [[reason]] all [[delusion]]al phenomena are "clarified in reference to complex networks the functions and [[structure]] of[[speech]]."<ref>{{S3}} p. 310</ref>
beliefs ==Other of the Other==The [[paranoid]] [[delusion]]al [[construction]] may take many forms. One common form, the "delusion of [[persecution]]," revolves around the [[Other of the Other]], a hidden [[subject]] who pulls the strings of the [[big Other]] (called delusional systemsthe [[symbolic]] [[order]]), and who controls our [[thoughts]], conspires against us, watches us, etc.
In Lacanian terms, the paranoiac lacks the NAME==See Also=={{See}}* [[Absence]]* [[Name-OFof-THEthe-FATHER, and theFather]]||* [[Paranoia]]* [[Psychosis]]||* [[Other]]* [[Signifier]]||* [[Subject]]* [[Symbolic]]{{Also}}
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by the absence of this primordial signifier. Thus the delusion is not the 'illness' of paranoia itself; it is, on the contrary, the paranoiac's attempt to heal himself, to pull himself out of the breakdown of the symbolic universe by means of a substitute formation. As Freud commented in his work on Schreber, 'What we take to be the pathological production, the delusional formation, is in reality[[Category:Terms]][[Category:Concepts]] the attempt at recovery, the reconstruction' (Freud, 1911c[[Category: SE XII, 71). Jacques Lacan insists on the significance of the delusion and stresses the importance]][[Category:Treatment]] of attending closely to the psychotic patient's own account of his delusion. The[[Category:Practice]][[Category:Dictionary]] delusion is a form of discourse, and must therefore be understood as 'a field of[[Category:Freudian psychology]][[Category:Psychoanalysis]]signification that has organised a certain signifier' (S3, 121). For this reason all delusional phenomena are 'clarified in reference to the functions and structure of speech' (S3, 310). The paranoid delusional construction may take many forms. One common form, the 'delusion of persecution', revolves around the Other of the Other, a hidden subject who pulls the strings of the big Other (the symbolic order), and{{OK}} who controls our thoughts, conspires against us, watches us, etc.__NOTOC__
