Assignment: Suspicion Beyond Reason

Review one psychological therapeutic intervention for paranoia or psychosis. In your review you
will also need to describe: the intervention; what it aims to achieve; and any limitations it may have.
To help with formatting your assignment, please refer to the four key points below which are further
expanded on in the marking criteria (for this assignment).
A. Define paranoia and psychosis.
B. Briefly describe the intervention.
C. Describe the theory behind the intervention (e.g., cognitive behavioural model)
D. Provide an overview of any current research on the treatment that you have selected.
Some suggested search terms: Paranoia, psychosis, severe mental illness, schizophrenia, paranoid
personality disorder, randomised controlled trials, treatment, treatment outcomes, and clinical
guidelines.

Structure your assignment as answering each individual heading. Use well-defined headings for
each section of the assignment and Vancouver referencing. You do not need to format it in columns.
The assignment must be no longer than 4 pages. This includes any tables and figures. Pages
beyond the four-page limit will be ignored.
The page limit does not include a cover page and the reference list
You must use at least 12 point font and it must not be a narrow font (e.g. Arial Narrow), there
must be at least 2 cm margins all around, and it must be at least 1.5-spaced.
All tables must be included as MS Word tables not as a figure (i.e. not as a .jpg or .bmp)
otherwise they will not be detected in Turnitin. Any tables included as figures will be ignored.