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What if your a 4 year student of psychology, and know DSM guidelines for diagnosing mental health issues and your going through a nasty divorce. While going through the divorce you go to a doctor you've never seen, and that doctor walks in without doing any testing or questionnaire, diagnoses you as being depressed.Also I've never been diagnosed with any kind of mental health in the past
There are some signals that indicates some mental health issues. For exemple, body language. So, the doctor can use this to help him to diagnose someone, but he needs a lot of more information to conclude it. Just observing the person is not sufficient. In this case, it's better to consult another doctor.
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There are some signals that indicates some mental health issues. For exemple, body language. So, the doctor can use this to help him to diagnose someone, but he needs a lot of more information to conclude it. Just observing the person is not sufficient. In this case, it s better to consult another doctor.