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But the third, the biggie, is that the psychopathology that leads to murder is that the killer often feels what we call persecutory distress obsessional paranoia, which is the belief that the victim is threatening their well-being in some way and that the only way they can restore their psychic equilibrium is to wipe out the victim.

CNN Transcript Sep 18, 2009 2009

Maybe they are really the Puritans of our age, a kind of persecutory cult of moral perfectionism?

American Thinker 2009

Reality-based persecutory fantasies: Much of Loughner's paranoia about government control, etc. is likely delusional, but there is one area where his persecutory beliefs are grounded in reality.

Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011

The near-impossibility of arguing people out of political, social and religious beliefs is the same phenomenon as the impossibility of arguing deluded patients out of their false persecutory or jealous beliefs.www. hedweb.com/bgcharlton/delusions. html

Election Prediction: Voting will be Irrational, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Reality-based persecutory fantasies: Much of Loughner's paranoia about government control, etc. is likely delusional, but there is one area where his persecutory beliefs are grounded in reality.

Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011

Reality-based persecutory fantasies: Much of Loughner's paranoia about government control, etc. is likely delusional, but there is one area where his persecutory beliefs are grounded in reality.

Mark Goulston, M.D.: Understanding The Arizona Shooter From The Inside Out M.D. Mark Goulston 2011

"Studying the cultural influences on people's delusions or persecutory thinking, and looking at different aspects of culture and how they effect people's behavior, is a legitmate area of inquiry," Dr. Swartz said.

Mental illness expert: We should be asking whether political climate helped trigger shooting Greg Sargent 2011

For example, paranoid schizophrenia is typified by exaggerated suspicions of others and fear of persecutory schemes.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

For example, paranoid schizophrenia is typified by exaggerated suspicions of others and fear of persecutory schemes.

Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011

Dr Freeman believes that the research points to a potential treatment for helping to reduce the risk of developing persecutory thoughts.

Boing Boing 2009