Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that effects an individual’s perception of reality and thought process in which they experience positive symptoms where additional processes are added to the schizophrenics such as hallucinations and delusions. Therefore, in this situation its presents Sophie experiencing some of these positive symptoms for example delusions of persecution and delusions of grandeur and hallucinations. Delusions of grandeur involves believing that a great power has told an individual to go on a mission. Therefore, in the scenario the delusion of grandeur is presented as Sophie believes an angel has been sent to her to carry out an important task. This can be considered as a strong positive symptom of schizophrenia. Alongside, delusion of persecution is another positive symptom of schizophrenia, where individuals believe that their surrounding are …show more content…
The International classification of diseases (ICD-10) can be used to draw upon the diagnosis as Sophie shows signs of more than one of the classification groups such as d, e, f, h and I. These consist of having persistent delusions such as belief of having supernatural powers or involvement, persistent hallucinations which can be accompanied by half delusions, incoherent speech, negative symptoms such as apathy and lastly a significant change in behaviour for example loss of interest in activities such as badminton. As a result, the psychiatrist may diagnose Sophie with schizophrenia where they must receive parental informed consent due to Sophie being a teenager. As well as the psychiatrist must ensure confidentiality of Sophie’s identity and information about her is kept securely to avoid Sophie being labelled as dangerous because she is a teenager it may be difficult for her to come to terms with this