Jamel believes that his instructors are plotting to capture him and steal his brain.He hears voices telling him that he needs to leave school and go to the Arctic to hide.Jamel,who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been admitted to the psychiatric ward of the university hospital,is most clearly demonstrating

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Jamel's beliefs and hearing voices are examples of positive symptoms of schizophrenia, which involve an excess or distortion of normal behavior or experience. Flat affect (B) and learned helplessness (C) are not demonstrated in the given scenario, and negative symptoms (D) refer to a lack or absence of normal behavior or experience.

Jamel Believes That His Instructors Are Plotting to Capture Him