Iris, usually involved with her friends, has become withdrawn and isolated. She has stopped taking showers and changing her clothes. When asked what she is thinking, she describes, in scattered phrases, a frightening inner world of demons and threats. These symptoms illustrate which phase of schizophrenia?
a. reactive
b. residual
c. active
d. prodromal
Question 2
Joelle has taken her son to many doctors, claiming that he has Morgellons disease. She says that she often pulls organic fiber-like threads from his skin and that the boy has rashes and skin lesions that show infection. Which statement about this disease is accurate?
a. This disease has been recognized as a medical disorder by the AMA.
b. The CDC began conducting research on this disease in early 2008.
c. Patients with the condition respond well to treatment with antibiotics.
d. This disease is being designated as a delusional disorder in DSM-5.
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