Michael has been hearing voices in his head.They started off as whispers that he could not fully comprehend.With time,they became very clear and told Michael that his family members were planning to murder him.Michael believed that the voices in his head belonged to a television network that has been spying on him for months and that they have planned to broadcast his thoughts.Based on his symptoms,Michael is MOST likely to be diagnosed with:
A)dissociative personality disorder.
B)hypomania.
C)schizophrenia.
D)borderline personality disorder.

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Michael's experience of hearing voices that he believes to be real and his beliefs that his family members are planning to murder him are characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. Dissociative identity disorder (previously called multiple personality disorder) involves a disruption in identity and is not associated with paranoid beliefs. Hypomania is a milder form of mania and would not explain Michael's symptoms. Borderline personality disorder can involve paranoid thinking but typically does not involve hallucinations.

Michael Has Been Hearing Voices in His Head