Multiple Choice
The treatment team plans care for a person diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and cannabis abuse.The person has recently used cannabis daily and is experiencing increased hallucinations and delusions.Which principle applies to care planning?
A) Consider each diagnosis primary and provide simultaneous treatment.
B) The person will benefit from treatment in a residential treatment facility.
C) Withdraw the person from cannabis,and then treat the symptoms of schizophrenia.
D) Treat the schizophrenia first,and then establish the goals for the treatment of substance abuse.
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