Diagnosis

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Diagnosis is the identification of the nature of anything, either by process of elimination or other analytical methods. Diagnosis is used in many different disciplines, with slightly different implementations on the application of logic and experience to determine the cause and effect relationships. Below are given as examples and tools used to identify the causes of symptoms and disorders, both physical and mental disorders.

Contents 1 In education 2 In medicine 3 Methods used to contribute to a diagnosis 4 Logic 5 See also

[edit] In education

• Educational diagnosis

[edit] In medicine

• Autopsy
• Clinical judgement (not diagnosis)
• Diagnosis related groups
• Differential diagnosis
• Dual diagnosis
• Medical diagnosis
• Psychodiagnosis
• Retrospective diagnosis

[edit] Methods used to contribute to a diagnosis

• Global clinical assessment tools such as the General health questionaire
• Geriatric assessment
• Intake interview
• Neuropsychological assessment
• Pain measurement
• Patient history
• Psychological assessment
• Psychiatric assessment
• Screening
• Symptom checklists

[edit] Logic

• Zebra (medical)
• Sutton's law
• Occam's razor
• Hickam's dictum

[edit] See also

• Bayesian probability
• Clinical psychology: Types of problem
• Comorbidity
• International Classification of Diseases
• Labelling
• Measurement
• Misdiagnois
• Organizational diagnostics
• Other approaches to defining what we do
• Prognosis
• Research diagnostic criteria
• Severity (disorders)
• Working towards a new classification in clinical psychology

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