Moving through the diagnostic criteria, there are times throughout Frank’s life were the reappearance of his symptoms has caused him problems in his everyday life. Criteria B states that during an onset of the disease there has to be a problem in one or more area such as interpersonal relations, self-care, and work. Frank has problems in two of these areas. He also meets Criteria C because he has lived with this disorder for twelve years. For Criteria D, all those disorders have been ruled out so he was eventually diagnosed with Schizophrenia. The case study never talked about Frank disorder being affected by any substances or any other medical condition so we know his disorder was not attributed to any physiological effects, which means he
