title: [The vigilante, a romantic figure according to paranoid logic].
abstract: When patients "transform" themselves into vigilantes, they respond only to their own law and logic. In two examples taken from fiction, "vigilante" characters have experienced an initial trauma.What is the situation in daily clinical practice and how can we open the treatment door for patients suffering from paranoia?
authors.affiliation: EPSM Morbihan, Saint-Avé. Caroline.Carros@epsmmorbihan.fr
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carros
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D003702:Delusions / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008093:Literature, Modern; D008128:Logic; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D011908:Rationalization; D011936:Reality Testing