2. Read pages 483-590 in the DSM V. Write your INITIAL differential diagnosis list and a list of additional questions that you would like for the patient to answer. *Please note, these questions are intended to elicit data from the client that will help you with a correct diagnosis.
For example, insomnia is one criterion for Major Depressive Disorder (p. 160 of the DSM) but is also a criterion for Generalized Anxiety Disorder (p. 222 of the DSM). I would like to know the duration of this symptom and how many days per week the client has insomnia.
4. For your FINAL submission, please organize your paper using headings with labels to separate letters ‘a’ through ‘e’ below. Discuss: a) how the complete progress note answered your questions and thereby added to, eliminated from and/or changed your diagnoses list; b) how the answers from the completed progress note to your questions supports or rules out you final diagnosis/es; c) how the physical examination findings from the completed progress note supports or rules out you final diagnosis/es; d) how the subjective answers from the completed progress note supports or rules out your final diagnosis/es; and e) how the mental status examination from the completed progress note supports or rules out your final diagnosis/es.