Diagnosis Case Study

Review the case given below case study (Psychological Evaluation for Jessica E. Smith) for this required assignment (RA). On the basis of the information in the case study, provide a principal (primary) and a secondary diagnosis for the person using the most recent DSM codes. You will also discuss your diagnoses in narrative (paragraph) form. Then, identify and discuss at least one differential (possible alternate) diagnosis for the principal diagnosis and at least one differential (possible alternate) diagnosis for the secondary diagnosis that you gave. Lastly, discuss whether a diagnosis from other conditions that may be a focus of clinical attention is warranted.

While you are welcome to list medical conditions that might be a concern, your primary and secondary diagnoses should be psychological conditions listed in DSM-5.

Your paper should have separate sections for:

Principal and secondary diagnoses
The reasons for selecting the principal and secondary diagnoses
Social and cultural factors that may influence the principal and secondary diagnoses
Differential diagnoses, including a consideration of whether a diagnosis from other conditions are applicable
The reasons for selecting the differential diagnoses
Your rationale and justification for why your actual diagnoses are a better fit than your differential diagnoses

Include citations and references in APA style. Your paper should be 5–7 pages in length.

Hello Please be sure to include an introduction, abstract, and a conclusion along with the body paragraph. I need each question to be written out and then answered. Also I am going to include a case study that is assigned for this specific assignment. Please make sure the paper is sectioned off per question and statements, there should be bold headings and subheadings.

This is the case study for this assignment.

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Introduction

Diagnostic mental disorder entails the procedure of ascertaining which conditions or disease expresses a given patient signs and symptoms (Brown & Barlow, 2014). For instance, reports a rich history of mental health issues who have received both outpatient and inpatient substance abuse and depression treatment measures. Smith is also being attributed to being Librium, Valium, Xanax, Kleppin, Remeron, Paxil, and Prozac in order to aid the process of controlling her depressive condition. Diagnoses are mostly applied in a clinical context which is mostly regarded as implicit. DSM 5 assist in determining the nature of mental issues and other issues after examining symptoms. However, diagnoses are applied in different disciplines which varies greatly in experience determination, analytics, and logic use.

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