John has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has shown improvement in positive symptoms while taking chlorpromazine (CPZ). You would expect his positive schizophrenia symptoms to return if John

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Cocaine is known to worsen schizophrenia symptoms, and stopping CPZ would reduce its therapeutic effects, leading to a higher likelihood of experiencing positive symptoms. Thus, if John stops taking CPZ and takes part in a cocaine party, his positive schizophrenia symptoms are likely to return. Choices B, C, D, and E are also not ideal, but they do not guarantee the return of positive symptoms as stopping CPZ and taking cocaine would.

John Has Been Diagnosed with Schizophrenia and Has Shown Improvement