A question on schizophrenia?

Question:

If a person (female) were to remember a traumatic event in the shape of several imaginary friends, who are actually people she has met before in her early childhood, would you say she had schizophrenia, repressed memory syndrome or post traumatic stress disorder? Wow thats a long question. The person in question is fictional, which is why I'm curious.
If she were schizophrenic she could have both voices and "imaginary friends"; but in forming "friends" out of actual people, would she still be considered schizophrenic? Or is she just coping with the trauma in an unusual way?
Really long complicated question, I know. Any suggestions?

Answers:
If a person remembers a traumatic event and hallucinates, it could be PTSD. Most people don't know that hallucination is a symptom of PTSD. There are a host of other symptoms that she would have to exhibit before she could meet this diagnosis.
If she is hearing voices and seeing people that aren't there, then there is a possibility that it could be schizophrenia. But as said previously, most people with schizophrenia aren't symptomatic until late teens early 20s. It is not unprecedented to have children or older people to develop schizophrenia.
Or it could be the combination of the two. The diathesis-stress model of mental illness teaches that people are predisposed to develop a mental illness, but may not have all of the symptoms. Then, a traumatic event may occur, triggering the genetic predisposition, and "awakening" the mental illness.

Other Answers:
You know I've heard that in women schizophrenia doesn't show up until puberty.

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