Conventional diagnostic nomenclature versus multimodal assessment.
Standard psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., DSM-III-R) are compared with multimodal assessment and problem identification (i.e., BASIC I.D. formulations. Two case comparisons are presented as an heuristic to illustrate the way in which the multimodal framework promotes diagnostic precision and enhances clinical decision-making.
Princeton Biomedical Research, New Jersey 08540.
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D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D009626:Terminology as Topic