Police Picked Joyce Up Because She Was Frantically Pounding on the Post

question 153

Multiple Choice

Police picked Joyce up because she was frantically pounding on the post office doors at midnight shouting obscenities.She claims she has to get inside to get her book published,which will expose the cult of Bobu Brozen who is gradually capturing the minds of people in her town.She is convinced that he has already "gotten" to the post office and that is why they are refusing to look at her manuscript.Of the following,Joyce's symptoms are MOST consistent with a diagnosis of:

• A) disorganized schizophrenia.
• B) undifferentiated schizophrenia.
• C) catatonic schizophrenia.
• D) paranoid schizophrenia.

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Definitions:

Palpated

The act of examining or exploring by touch, especially used in a medical context to detect characteristics or abnormalities of an organ.

Superficial

Located near the surface of the body or an organ.

Pulse Pressure

The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure readings, reflecting the force that the heart generates each time it contracts.

Arterial Pressure

The pressure of the blood within the arteries, typically reflecting the force exerted by the heart when pumping blood through the arterial system.