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A 44 year old schizophrenic pte on a psychiatric ward is interviewed daily as part of her Tx. She has been persistently reporting that she is married to Paul McCartney. This psychotic sx is a disorder of which of the following?

a.Cognition
b.Form of thought
c.Perception
d.Thought content
e.Thought process

non nbme Q

d??

DD

Thanks.

dddd

Yes! right answer is D

Pte is suffering from delusions, which are disorder of though content. Delusions are commonly referred to as fixed false beliefs, although they can be transitory and distressing to the pte. Delusions are not shared by others. The other disorder of thought content is ideas of reference.

D thought content--delusion,idea of reference

perception--illusion, hallucination