The treatment team discusses a patient diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and cannabis abuse who is having increased hallucinations and delusions.The patient has recently used cannabis on a daily basis.To plan effective treatment,the team should:
A) provide long-term care for the patient in a residential facility.
B) withdraw the patient from cannabis,then treat the schizophrenia.
C) consider each diagnosis primary,and provide simultaneous treatment.
D) first treat the schizophrenia,then establish goals for substance abuse treatment.
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