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Jamel believes that his instructors are plotting to capture him and steal his brain. He hears voices telling him that he needs to leave school and go to the Arctic to hide. Jamel, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been admitted to the psychiatric ward of the university hospital, is demonstrating

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Jamel has previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia and it is likely that he is demonstrating symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia. Paranoia is the feeling that someone is "out to get you." Although, it is an irrational fear, it is very real to the people with schizophrenia.
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