A differential diagnosis is a list of possible conditions that share the same symptoms. For example, fatigue can be a symptom of anemia, depression, heart disease, thyroid disease, and many other ...

Everyone experiences feelings of depression from time to time: it’s a fact of life. But this type of depression shouldn’t be confused with the different types of depression that are true medical ...

Doctors have come a long way in fully understanding different moods in bipolar disorder and in making an accurate diagnosis. It wasn’t that long ago when bipolar disorder was confused with other ...

I’m often asked a lot of questions about how mental illnesses are diagnosed. What’s the diagnostic process? How is a specific diagnosis determined? Are diagnoses helpful or harmful? Let’s try to ...

Mental illness is common. Each year, millions of people are diagnosed with some form of mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, which may or may not be accompanied by some degree of functional ...

Diagnosis in healthcare is among the most important processes since the protocol for patient treatment depends on this step. Even more, health research and policy draw on this area for their validity.