Question

During a one-on-one interaction with a client with paranoid-type schizophrenia, the client says to the nurse, "I’ve figured out how foreign agents have infiltrated the news media. They want to shut me up before I spill the beans." How should the nurse describe this statement when documenting this client’s response?

Answer 1

Answer:

Delusions of persecution

Explanation:

Delusions of persecution is a set of delusional conditions in which the affected person believes he is always being persecuted.

It is very common in cases of paranoid schizophrenia. There are two central elements that are considered fundamental to characterize the persecution craze. The first of these is when the individual thinks the damage is occurring or will occur. The second is when the individual thinks that the perceived and identified persecutor intends to harm him of any kind, whether physical, mental or moral.

This psychological disorder can be observed in the patient exposed in the question, who believes that undercover agents want to shut him up because he has discovered something about them.