
2.1 Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis
Psychiatry Boot Camp
Considering Functional Impairment when Making Psychiatric Diagnoses
The hosts discuss the diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders and emphasize the importance of considering functional impairment when making a diagnosis. They highlight the arbitrary nature of cutoff points in the DSM and suggest using adjustment disorder as a temporary diagnosis until more information is gathered.
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