Kelsey was age 4 when her mom noticed that she was having difficulty cutting with scissors and learning to tie her shoes. She also was just becoming potty trained, while her younger sister, age 2, was already starting to potty train successfully. Kelsey also had some difficulty forming sentences and didn’t seem to take as much pleasure in being around other children or smile and laugh the way other children typically did. By the time she was 15, Kelsey was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Her clinician told Kelsey’s mom that Kelsey’s behavior at age 4 was evidence of which of the following?
a. the premorbid stage
b. the prodromal stage
c. the acute stage
d. the residual stage
a. the premorbid stage
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