While being assessed, a client with schizophrenia states, "Everywhere I turn, the government is watching me because I know too much. They are afraid that I might go public with the information about all those conspiracies."
The nurse interprets this statement as indicating which type of delusion?
A) Grandiose
B) Nihilistic
C) Persecutory
D) Somatic
Ans: C
Persecutory delusions involve the belief that one is being watched, ridiculed, harmed, or plotted against. Grandiose delusions involved the belief that one has exceptional powers, wealth, skill, influence, or destiny. Nihilistic delusions involve the belief that one is dead or a calamity is impending. Somatic delusions involve beliefs about abnormalities in bodily functions or structures.
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