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Explain why it is important for a physician to wait for any drugs to leave a patient’s system before giving a mental diagnosis, even if the patient is displaying symptoms of psychosis.
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Explain why it is important for a physician to wait for any drugs to leave a patient’s system before giving a mental diagnosis, even if the patient is displaying symptoms of psychosis.

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because the doctor could give the patient the wrong type of prescription based on how his/her body reacts to the drugs they’re currently on
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The drugs currently in the patients system could cause the physician to wrongly diagnose the patient when its really the drugs that are making the patient act this way.

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