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How can doctors make a diagnosis of a mental illness after having met you for only 5 min?
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Longer visit is best: A longer consultation is preferred , not only to determine if a mental illness is present but to understand the exact diagnosis, seriousness of it and to develop a treatment plan. However sometimes it becomes obvious within a few minutes minutes, for example if there have been multiple hospitalizations, history of having hallucinations, severe depression and suicidal thoughts.
Answered 6/2/2013
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