Ned's behavior is marked by delusions of grandeur and persecution. He is agitated, fearful, confused, and experiences vivid hallucinations, often involving someone or something "out to get him." He is most likely suffering from ______.

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Ned's symptoms of delusions of persecution and grandeur, fear, confusion, and vivid hallucinations are consistent with paranoid schizophrenia. Conversion schizophrenia does not exist as a diagnosis in the DSM-5. Disorganized schizophrenia is characterized by disorganized speech and behavior, but does not necessarily include delusions of grandeur or persecution. Catatonic schizophrenia involves immobility or excessive purposeless movement, neither of which are described in Ned's symptoms.

Ned's Behavior Is Marked by Delusions of Grandeur and Persecution