Jamel Believes That His Instructors Are Plotting to Capture Him

question 341

Multiple Choice

Jamel believes that his instructors are plotting to capture him and steal his brain.He hears voices telling him that he needs to leave school and go to the Arctic to hide.Jamel,who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been admitted to the psychiatric ward of the university hospital,is most clearly demonstrating

• A)positive symptoms.
• B)flat affect.
• C)learned helplessness.
• D)negative symptoms.

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