Angela is hospitalized after a suicide attempt. In the hospital, she spends all of her time drawing sketches of fantastic goblins and monsters whom she calls "hellsmen." She claims that these "hellsmen" talk to her and, in fact, ordered her to make her suicide attempt. Often, she seems to be talking to invisible persons in the room and following orders from some unseen source. Her disorder is most likely __________.
A. schizophrenia
B. dissociative identity disorder
C. bipolar affective disorder
D. schizoid personality
Answer: A
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