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Etta Schizophrenia Summary

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The most obvious symptoms that Etta displays are the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Etta has delusions along with hallucinations. Among the delusions she discussed, one of them was her belief that her and Jesus Christ communicate with one another, and that some type of eagle watched over her. Etta discussed one of the auditory hallucinations she has, which is a gunshot. This auditory hallucination plays a part with the delusions that occur, where the sound of the gunshot means that she cannot answer the door or answer the phone. Another possible positive symptom that the video seemingly tried pointing out was her hand movements, which could have been the catatonia specifier stereotypy. The most obvious positive symptom that Etta displayed
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