Putting a Hold on the Downward Spiral of Paranoia in the Social World: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Individuals with a History of Depression.
PLoS One June 10, 2016 Dina Collip, Nicole Geschwind, Frenk Peeters et al.
In a randomized controlled trial, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduced momentary paranoia and increased feelings of social acceptance in daily life among people with residual mood instability after major depression. Paranoia decreased significantly in the MBCT group and increased in the waiting-list control group, while social acceptance rose in the MBCT group and fell in controls. MBCT also weakened the link between paranoia and lower social acceptance. The findings suggest MBCT can interrupt social processes that maintain subclinical paranoia.