James Is a Security Guard at the Mall Who Seems

question 110

Multiple Choice

James is a security guard at the mall who seems lost in his own world. Often, he feels the presence of his dead mother nearby. He knows it is an illusion and that she is not real. Her presence does give him comfort. James probably would be diagnosed with

• A) schizoaffective disorder.
• B) schizotypal disorder.
• C) schizoid disorder.
• D) brief psychotic disorder.

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