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* The patient must be functioning below a normal level of functioning (at work, at home, interpersonally, etc.) | * The patient must be functioning below a normal level of functioning (at work, at home, interpersonally, etc.) | ||
* The patient has been drug-free for a longer amount of time (to rule out the symptoms being drug-induced) | * The patient has been drug-free for a longer amount of time (to rule out the symptoms being drug-induced) | ||
**The amount of time which must pass after exposure to a substance known to cause psychosis to set the schizophrenia diagnosis is not well defined, ranging between 1 and 6 months | |||
== Treatment == | == Treatment == | ||