P-related-ish: Paranoia

[Guy Ian Scott Pursey]

Over the last 15 years, as a research fellow for the Wellcome Trust,
Freeman has found links between paranoia and urbanisation,
globalisation, migration and wealth inequality, increased power of the
media, CCTV cameras and the internet. Urbanisation particularly
fascinates him. "You go into Camberwell [home to King's College
hospital] and it's stressful, it's noisy, it's chaotic. You are bustled
about, you have to negotiate your path. Sometimes it's familiar and
fine, but as soon as you have a suspicious thought, there is ambiguity
and confusion, and paranoia thrives in that sort of environment. But
it's hard to quantify. We are speculating. There are a number of really
consistent results looking at the adult population in Sweden, showing
people in urban areas have higher levels of paranoia. But we don't know
exactly why," he says.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/mar/10/paranoia-health

Thought it might be of interest...
Guy