A patient tells the nurse, "I refuse to take quetiapine (Seroquel) because it is manufactured by terrorists. If I take it, I'll die." The nurse recognizes the patient's statement as indicative of what symptoms commonly seen in schizophrenia?

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2. The patient's statement is an example of the positive symptom of schizophrenia called delusion, which is a mistaken or false fixed belief about the self or the environment. The patient's statement is not an example of ambivalence, which is defined as concurrent conflicting emotions, thoughts, or actions toward a person, object, or concept. It is also not an example of the tendency to use few words when speaking, called alogia, or of a lack of motivation, called avolition.

A Patient Tells the Nurse, "I Refuse to Take Quetiapine