title: Diagnostic formulation.
abstract: Writing a 'Diagnostic Formulation' is a skill expected of candidates in the post-graduate examinations in psychiatry in most universities in India. However there is ambiguity regarding what the term means and how it should be written. This article is an attempt to provide some guidelines on this topic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuruvilla
authors.forename: Anju
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuruvilla