When people with dissociative identity disorder report hearing voices talking inside their heads, they may be misdiagnosed as having

A) bipolar disorder with psychotic features.
B) schizophrenia.
C) major depressive disorder.
D) brief psychotic disorder.

Schizophrenia is characterized by the presence of hallucinations, including auditory hallucinations (such as hearing voices), as well as delusions and disorganized thinking. While individuals with dissociative identity disorder may also experience auditory hallucinations, they typically do not have delusions or disorganized thinking, as would be expected in schizophrenia. Therefore, misdiagnosis as schizophrenia is a possibility.