Can People with Different Symptoms Get the Same Psychiatric Diagnosis

question 215

Multiple Choice

Can people with different symptoms get the same psychiatric diagnosis? Why or why not?​

• A)No, because each diagnosis pertains to a single symptom.
• B)​No, because the symptoms of any disorder make it impossible to have a different disorder.
• C)​Yes, because psychiatrists have not established any rules for how to diagnose disorders.
• D)​Yes, because several diagnoses depend on an "either-or" rule.

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