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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 30.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jul 20;189(3):458–462. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.06.017

Table 1.

Excerpt from the Vignette Describing an Individual with a Serious Mental Illness

David (while throwing contents of the trashcan around the area): “I know it’s in here somewhere. That thing has been tracking me for 6 months. They think they can control my stomach, but I’m not going to let it continue. I’ll kill them! The CIA is going down! I’ve finally found them!
David then turns his head and listens, as if hearing someone talking from a distance. Then, he talks back to the voices: “I hear that fat chat smat plat. I hear your chatting. You’re probably getting nervous now that I’ve found your shop! Well shut up and stop your chatting!”
Officer pulls onto the scene, with siren and lights on.
Officer gets out of the car.
Officer: “What’s going on here?”
David: “I found this CIA headquarters hidden away here. I’m glad you’re here to arrest them!”