A patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia angrily tells a nurse, You act like a homosexual. No one trusts you or wants to be around you. Select the most likely analysis. The patient:
a. is showing reaction formation in response to feelings of abandonment.
b. is unleashing unconscious, hostile feelings toward the nurse.
c. is dwelling on others' shortcomings, thus placing them on the defensive.
d. may be projecting homosexual urges.
Question 2
A patient with schizophrenia says, Contagious bacteria are everywhere. When they get in your body, you will be locked up with other infected people. Which problem is evident?
a. Poverty of content
b. Concrete thinking
c. Neologisms
d. Paranoia
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