Emily has barricaded herself in her home.She believes that aliens are trying to take over her mind and body.She has wrapped herself in aluminum foil in order to prevent the penetration of the cosmic rays that she has "seen" coming down through her ceiling.Emily believes that she alone has been given the power by God to tell real humans from aliens pretending to be humans so she can destroy them.Emily would most likely be diagnosed as having

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Emily's beliefs are consistent with paranoid schizophrenia, which is characterized by delusions (belief in things that are not true) and hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not there). Emily's delusions involve aliens taking over her mind and body, and her belief that she has been given special powers by God to destroy them.

Emily Has Barricaded Herself in Her Home