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2.1 Essentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psychiatry Boot Camp

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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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