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sandra
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02/28/08 - 07:14 AM

A 29-year-old woman is brought to the physician

by her father.

She has been working continuously without sleep for 3

days on a project

which she claims "Allah and Jesus have told me to do"

that will "unify

all knowledge in physics and medicine and philosophy."

She hears the

voice of her dead brother telling her that she will be

"the next Virgin

Mary." Her father states that she was treated for

depression for 1 year

at the age of 19 years. Which of the following is the

most likely

diagnosis?

A

) Bipolar disorder

B

) Borderline personality disorder

C

) Major depressive disorder

D

) Schizophrenia

E

) Substance-induced mood disorder

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02/28/08 - 07:16 AM

mesh
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02/28/08 - 11:11 PM

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03/05/08 - 05:38 PM

godfather1212m
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03/19/08 - 02:58 PM

Sure A

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