Delusions are best defined as false considerations which:

  1. Delusions are best defined as false considerations which:

A. Persist for a long time despite being obviously unrealistic

B. Originate from the misinterpretation of existing external stimuli

C. Appear to be real to the individual

D. Are pathognostic for schizophrenia?

  1. A 17-year-old boy is brought to the emergency room by his father. The father reported that his son had taken three tablets of diazepam (seduxen) in a suicide attempt. The boy minimized the episode, saying that he was just up­set about school. The father became angry at his son for making such a fuss over nothing. The nurses started making jokes about the three diazepam “suicide”. The father was impatient to take his son back home. Both were resistant to a psychiatric evaluation since the over­dose was not life threatening, the most appropriate treat­ment at this time would include:

A. Calling other family members to the hospital

B. Reporting the event to the boy’s school and obtaining information about his academic problems

C. Encouraging the father and son to stay and to be interviewed individually

D. Encouraging the father to keep an eye on his son