The Art Of Clinical Assessment In Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Definitions and classifications for mental disorders and symptomology from publications like the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) are helpful in assisting health care providers with diagnoses, treatment, and research related to such mental illness. However, mental health diagnoses often present with variations in symptomology from patient to patient, and can be confounded by other comorbidities like substance use disorders. Health care providers often have to draw upon their professional clinical experience and training to appropriately assess the …