A Clinical Picture of Schizophrenia
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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This video focuses on a young man with schizophrenia. First, the man, a former policeman, is interviewed in the hospital. Later, he is seen sitting down and talking to his father during a home visit. The man reveals delusions of persecution and grandiosity, disorganized thinking, loose associations (derailment), motor symptoms, and inappropriate affect.
1. The man in this video case manifests schizophrenia. The delusions he displays are primarily delusions of ___________.
2. In addition to delusions, the man in the video case also displays each of the following symptoms of schizophrenia, except:
3. When the man in the video case talks a great deal about the painting on the wall, but says little of substance or clarity about it, he is displaying ____________.
4. According to the textbook, the man in this video case is more likely than other people to ____________.
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