A 44-year-old man with a successful corporate career has been going through a time of intense job stress. In recent weeks,
he has confided in his wife that he believes his firm's financial oversight committee exists solely to monitor every aspect of his personal performance and that the committee's financial mandate is simply a deception and cover-up of its true purpose. A nurse would recognize that this man may be experiencing which subtype of delusional disorder?
A) Grandiose
B) Somatic
C) Conjugal
D) Persecutory
Ans: D
Clients who exhibit persecutory delusions believe that they are being conspired against, spied on, poisoned or drugged, cheated, harassed, maliciously maligned, or obstructed in some way. This delusion is not characteristic of somatic, conjugal, or grandiose subtype.
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