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A person aged 36 years is having firm belief that his wife is having affair. He often sits alone, muttering himself and hears voices commenting about him. He was absolutely normal 2 weeks before. Most likely diagnosis is

A
Schizophrenia
B
Delusional disorder
C
Acute psychosis
D
Somatoform disorder
High-Yield Explanation
The patient has paranoid delusion & hallucination, 2 out of 5 symptoms are present. But the complaints are from post 2 weeks. Hence, the diagnosis is Acute Psychosis not Schizophrenia (according to ICD - 10) symptoms should be present for atleast 1 month).

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