Mental disorder diagnosis

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Contents

Used for

behavior disorder diagnosis, mental retardation diagnosis, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatric interview

See for

DSM, motivational interview, psychological interview, SCID interview, structured diagnostic interview

Broader Terms

diagnosis

Related Terms

functional magnetic resonance imaging, nervous system disorder diagnosis, psychoanalysis, psychological test

Scope Note

determination of a mental disorder (a broad class of abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior, resulting in distress or impairment) based on symptoms, medical history, risk factors, and clinical tests.

Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)

  • A mental disorder diagnosis is not your fault, no more than a broken ankle or stroke is.
  • For example, those with both a substance use and another mental disorder diagnosis are a distinct subgroup here because, during the early 1990s, the substance abuse treatment and mental health services systems often were separate.
  • 3 Mental disorder diagnosis and women: what are the issues?6.
  • Misuse of mental disorder diagnosis to enable physicians to serve as agents of social control, when the criminal justice system is the appropriate venue for a given person, is a threat to the integrity of the psychiatric professions ability to retain its social role as a medical specialty.
  • By definition, I have a mental disorder diagnosis of caffeine dependence (I can tolerate a lot of coffee and go into withdrawal without it).
  • 1 percent) of the patient visits resulted in a mental disorder diagnosis including 15.

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