Question

On your first call as a paramedic, you enter the house of a man who has covered his walls and ceiling in aluminum foil to keep the government from spying on him and stealing his ideas. This is an example of a __________ delusion.

Answer 1

Persecution delusion

Explanation:

Persecution delusion is a type of paranoid thinking. It is a different type of mental illness in which the patient is suffering from paranoid thinking In this disorder the patient starts to think overwhelming. The patient thinks that govt. is planning to kill him. Some are chasing him.

People are talking about the patient. The symptoms vary according to the condition of the patient. The patient has a false belief about the people around him. Sometimes patient harms himself as nothing in the control of his hands. The patient feels a prosecutor. This has happened in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression with psychosis.