Mel Believes That People Are Spying on Him and Plotting

question 119

Multiple Choice

Mel believes that people are spying on him and plotting against him. A stranger that comes to his door asking for directions is "really trying to get information," while static sounds during a telephone conversation is "really someone recording the phone call." So, Mel feels like he must be on guard at all times. Mel is suffering from

• A)schizophrenia.
• B)paranoid psychosis.
• C)the erotomanic type.
• D)the histrionic type.