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Rosa is sure that her family is planning to kidnap her and take her inheritance. She has found her husband talking on the phone in whispers and seen her children looking at her strangely. Rosa is MOST likely suffering from:__________

A) delusions of grandeur.
B) delusions of reference.
C) delusions of control.
D) delusions of persecution.

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Answer:

D. Delusions of persecution.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is wrong reasoning of a false belief making you perceive someone is planning or conspiring against you. You also tend to believes that they are being treated with malicious intent, hostility, or harassment despite significant evidence to suggest otherwise. Imagine waking up and thinking that your next-door neighbor was plotting to kill you, or that your spouse had sprinkled some poison in your morning coffee. These are a couple scenarios that may occur for individuals afflicted with persecutory delusions.

Perceiving that someone is out to harm your reputation or sabotage your life are common themes of persecutory delusions.

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