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In this chapter we will outline the interview for differential diagnosis in the context of the diagnostic process. The diagnosis cannot be made validly in “cross section,” e.g., from symptoms at admission, but should always imply a full, chronological lifetime examination of psychopathology. “Present state examination,” limited to, say, 1 month, is insufficient for identifying the affinity of a syndrome with a diagnostic spectrum. As for conducting the interview, see the advice in Sect. 4.6. Here is a proposal for the stepwise structure of the diagnostic process:
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Jansson, L., Nordgaard, J. (2016). Concluding Chapter: The Diagnostic Process. In: The Psychiatric Interview for Differential Diagnosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33249-9_14
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