Question 9 · LEK · Paranoid syndrome
A 23-year-old male reports that he has been hearing the “voice in his head, which comments what the man is doing and tells him to commit suicide”. Which syndrome is this symptom the most characteristic of?
- A. depressive.
- B. paranoid.
- C. paranoic.
- D. alcohol dependence.
- E. catatonic.
Hint
Commenting and commanding voices are classic positive psychotic symptoms; ask which syndrome combines hallucinations with delusions.
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