Project Gutenberg 2004-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 164 Matos, Júlio de 1856 1922 Mattos, Julio de Matos, Julio de Mattos, Julio Xavier de A Paranoia E-text prepared by Miranda van de Heijning, Larry Bergey, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr "A Paranoia" by Júlio de Matos is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. This work explores the complexities of systematic delusions, often referred to in the context of psychiatric disease, particularly concerning the nature and evolution of paranoia in individuals. The text delves into various forms of madness, their historical context, and the discrepancies in categorization and understanding within the field of psychiatry. At the start of the work, the author presents an analytical discourse regarding systematic delusions, emphasizing their clinical implications and the challenge of classification. It opens with a preface that critiques previous approaches by alienists, questioning the clarity and consistency of terms used to describe mental disorders. Through a review of historical perspectives from ancient medical authors to contemporary psychiatric theorists, the beginning of the text highlights the confusion surrounding conditions like melancolia, monomania, and paranoia. The groundwork is laid for a detailed examination of the manifestations and classifications of these conditions, as the author argues for a more precise understanding of how these delusions emerge and develop within patients' psychological states. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 21.0 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. pt Paranoia RC Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology 352866 2025-10-06T10:03:46.531118 text/html 352999 352703 2024-11-06T13:16:17.602086 2023-09-07T03:55:26.244863 text/html text/html 187755 2025-10-06T10:03:52.311122 application/epub+zip 192015 2025-10-06T10:03:48.280138 application/epub+zip 192015 2025-10-06T10:03:47.198139 application/epub+zip 344755 2025-10-06T10:03:55.355086 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319860 2025-10-06T10:03:51.654121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291530 2022-09-07T16:50:12.023288 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326158 2025-10-06T10:03:46.207166 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 306251 2024-10-28T21:33:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16700 2025-10-06T10:03:55.483096 application/rdf+xml 11256 2025-10-06T10:03:47.688132 image/jpeg 2995 2025-10-06T10:03:47.443125 image/jpeg 184643 2025-10-06T10:03:46.589122 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog pt.wikipedia