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Diagnosing Mental Disorders: Downplaying Checklists

Kathleen Masterson

February 10, 2010

In order to officially diagnose a patient with a disorder, doctors use the criteria checklists established in the DSM. The DSM 5 is pushing to use scales of severity instead of a present/absent checklist of symptoms.

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