Mind Hacks: Unreality TV and the culture of delusions

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Today's New York Times has an interesting article on the tug-of-war over the cultural influence on paranoid delusions and whether contemporary-themed psychosis is a new form of mental illness or just a modern colouring of an old disorder.

The article focuses on the recent interest in the 'Truman Show delusion', splashed over the media by two Canadian psychiatrists.

Today's New York Times has an interesting article on the tug-of-war over the cultural influence on paranoid delusions and whether contemporary-themed psychosis is a new form of mental illness or just a modern colouring of an old disorder.

The article focuses on the recent interest in the 'Truman Show delusion', splashed over the media by two Canadian psychiatrists.

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