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According to DSM-IV, Randy has experienced two of the following symptoms, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period:
1. Delusions: Randy has stated that a radio station was stealing his brian. In college he thought Dean was out to get him and stole his girlfriend. He also thought that the police were after him for years and put arsenic in the garden plot, took his money out his account, and stated the Chief is looking for the officer. He also has a history of delusions as a child. He told his parents that the cable was taking thoughts from his brian sending them to the televison for everyone to hear.
2. Hallucinaions: Randy has experience hallucinations and thought that that their were noises coming out of head
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