Andrea has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. She has a persistent delusion that she is the Virgin Mary. What is the best description for her delusion?

A It is a negative symptom. B. it is a personality disorder. C. it is a positive symptom.

Positive symptoms of schizophrenia

Explanation:

The Positive symptoms of schizophrenia are more highly exaggerated related to ideas, perception and the reality of an environment. In the positive symptoms, the person is not able to discriminate between reality what is happening and what is not. The positive means to present and negative means to absent.

There are many positive symptoms of schizophrenia such as:

Hallucination Delusion Thought confusion and flight of ideas Disorganized speech Trouble in concentration Movement disorder

Thus here in the above context, Andrea has persistent delusion about that she is the Virgin Mary that indicates her positive symptoms of schizophrenia.