Answer:
Active
Explanation:
In psychology and psychopathology, schizophrenia is a mental disorder that has three phases:
- Prodromal phase: It's the initial phase and it's when symptoms are just starting to show up and they are not as acute.
- Active phase: This is also known as the acute phase where symptoms fully develop and the functioning of the person steadily deteriorates and they present hallucinations and other symptoms
- Residual phase: this is the phase that occurs in between psychotic episodes and it's characterized by social withdrawing.
In this example, Meghan has shown odd beliefs but for the past week her functioning has steadily deteriorated. We can see that she is presenting acute symptoms and therefore she is in the active phase of Schizophrenia.
