Thirty-year-old Nellie has been diagnosed with schizophrenia.She is unable to ignore irrelevant stimuli,often giving her undivided attention to minutia (for example,a spotlight shining in a window).This type of attention problem is thought to contribute to

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Disorganized thoughts in schizophrenia can be exacerbated by an inability to filter out irrelevant stimuli, leading to difficulty in maintaining a coherent line of thought.

Thirty-Year-Old Nellie Has Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia