Angela is hospitalized after a suicide attempt. In the hospital, she spends all of her time drawing sketches of fantastic goblins and monsters whom she calls "hellsmen." She claims
That these "hellsmen" talk to her and, in fact, ordered her to make her suicide attempt. Often,
She seems to be talking to invisible persons in the room and following orders from some
Unseen source. Her disorder is most likely ______.

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Angela's symptoms are most consistent with schizophrenia, which is characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disordered thinking, and abnormal behaviors. The fact that she hears voices that instruct her to harm herself is one such delusion, and her belief in the existence of these "hellsmen" goes along with disordered thinking.

Angela Is Hospitalized After a Suicide Attempt