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Dre has paranoid delusions in which he believes all people with glasses are spying on him and hears voices telling him that he should hurt himself in order keep the spies away. dre, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, is demonstrating

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positive symptoms

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In medical terms when an individual shows signs of whatever they are diagnosed with, it is referred to as positive symptoms. In the case of schizophrenia, individuals are affected mentally in the sense that they suffer from delusions and hallucinations among other things. In this case, Dre feels that he is being told to hurt himself in order to save himself from the spies is a delusion that his mental state has created.

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Dre is exhibiting positive symptoms of Schizophrenia.Persecutory Delusions and Auditory Hallucinations are 2 of the most definitive symptoms of Schizophrenia. Positive symptoms are those disorganized and bizarre behaviors while the negative symptoms portray a decline in the Affect of a person with Schizophrenia, like decrease in movements, reactions, speech.
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