Asked by Kiyana Inczedi on May 08, 2024
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Percy has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He reports hearing voices that command him to arrange a meeting with Milton the Chicken, the mascot of his favorite fast-food restaurant. He believes that Milton is working with INTERPOL to keep Percy from attaining his rightful position as leader of JfhkX. The voices Percy hears are __________ and the plots Percy believes are __________ .
A) delusions; hallucinations
B) delusions; delusions
C) hallucinations; hallucinations
D) hallucinations; delusions
Schizophrenia
A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
Hallucinations
Hearing or seeing things that are not there.
Delusions
False beliefs held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary, often symptomatic of psychiatric disorders.
- Distinguish between different types of delusions and hallucinations in schizophrenia.
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Learning Objectives
- Distinguish between different types of delusions and hallucinations in schizophrenia.
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