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Can you tell me how to prove to my psychiatrist. i am not schizophrenic?

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Dr. Pamela Pappas answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Prove?: Schizophrenia is diagnosed when a person suffers a psychotic illness with delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech ; behavior, as well as negative symptoms like lack of motivation and affective flattening. Symptoms must persist for at least 6 months with no other reason for them being present. Your case and diagnosis can be reviewed; you can pursue a second opinion too.

Answered 4/29/2014

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