True paranoids are rarely treated or admitted to hospitals because:
Correct answer: B. they resist the attempts of others to offer help
- A. they are potentially harmful and dangerous to others
- B. they resist the attempts of others to offer help
- C. their serve hallucinations make reasoning with them impossible
- D. psychiatric hospitals are primarily for psychotics
Explanation
People with paranoid delusions often distrust others and may interpret offers of treatment as threats or attempts to control them, so they resist seeking or accepting help. Dangerousness and hallucinations are not defining reasons for their low treatment rate.
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