While doing volunteer work in a mental hospital, Mary is put on a ward for adults with severe mental disorders. One patient is very suspicious of everyone, hears voices, and suffers from the delusion that the CIA is trying to kill her so she won't reveal information that threatens the nation's security. The psychiatrist tells Mary that this patient suffers from ________.

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The patient's symptoms, including paranoia, auditory hallucinations, and delusions of persecution by government agencies, are characteristic of paranoid schizophrenia.

While Doing Volunteer Work in a Mental Hospital, Mary Is