This one page I'm looking at says, "Your health care provider will take a history of your mood and other mental health symptoms over the past several months."
Typically they do bloodwork to rule out something physical like anemia or a thyroid issue but other than that yes, it is diagnosed based on yoru symptoms.
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Typically they do bloodwork to rule out something physical like anemia or a thyroid issue but other than that yes, it is diagnosed based on yoru symptoms.
No. They have to use the information you provide in line with the DSM IV diagnostic criteria.
ask for some help looking for that, and well its online someplace...
online therapists maybe?
um well keep on looking and it will come to you..