Question

Karen's thoughts seem disjointed and illogical, and she suffers from frequent hallucinations. In addition, the syntax of her speech is unusual. Karen is most likely to be suffering from:

Answer 1

Schizophrenia which is a severe mental disorder that affects how a human being thinks, feels and behaves.

Answer 2

The symptoms descibed indicate that Karen is most likely to have schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which is characterized by the lack of understanding reality. There are no specific parameters to have a precise diagnose - the symptoms are various and different from person to person - but there are common factors, as the ones listed above in Karen's case, and others include anxiety, lack of motivation, false beliefs, depression, and abnormal social behaviours.