A client stubbornly believes that his life has been disrupted by men who follow him in black vans. He claims they have put something bitter in his coffee, caused his milk to turn sour in the refrigerator, tampered with his checking account, erased files on his computer and caused his car battery to fail. His is unable to point to any concrete evidence to support his beliefs. The client is probably suffering from
A. hallucinations.
B. narcissistic injuries.
C. delusions.
D. a drug-induced psychosis.
C. delusions.
Most certainly the client is suffering from delusions. Delusions ordinarily have an element of the possible within the thought system. The facts of the question -- a failed car battery, an erased file, sour milk, checking account errors and bitter coffee are all possible events. The delusional component is the idea that these event are not random and unrelated, but are deliberately caused by someone trying to disrupt the client's life.
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