Thirty-Five-Year-Old Rick Recently Formulated an Elaborate Plan to Cure AIDS

question 9

Multiple Choice

Thirty-five-year-old Rick recently formulated an elaborate plan to cure AIDS with vitamin therapy.To provide funding, he withdrew all his money from his bank and purchased thousands of jars of vitamins and small boxes to put them in.When he appeared at a hospital emergency room loudly demanding names of patients with AIDS, Rick was hospitalized for psychiatric observation.What is Rick's most likely diagnosis?

• A)hypomanic episode
• B)schizophrenic mania
• C)depressive psychosis
• D)manic episode

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