Trevor has been arrested for stalking a woman from his class. He first noticed her a few months ago, and every day in class he noticed that she sat in a seat where it was easy for him to watch her. Trevor knows this means that she wants to marry him, so he has been sending her notes and gifts as well as following her everywhere. Most recently, he climbed onto her balcony and entered her apartment in order to find more clues about how he could convince her to leave her boyfriend to be with him. Which subtype of schizophrenia is most consistent with these symptoms?

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The subtype of schizophrenia that is most consistent with Trevor's symptoms is paranoid schizophrenia. The key features of paranoid schizophrenia include delusions of persecution, which may lead the individual to believe that they are being stalked or persecuted by others, and delusions of grandeur, which may lead the individual to believe that they have a special relationship with the person they are stalking or that they are meant to be together. Trevor's belief that the woman he is stalking wants to marry him and his attempts to enter her apartment are consistent with these delusions.

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