Post a response to the following:
- Identify the distinctions between key characteristics for the diagnosis of bipolar and depressive disorders.
- Explain the impact of misdiagnosis from a lack of understanding these distinctions, including to the client, to the agency, or to an insurance provider.
- Explain when you would use “other specified” and “unspecified” when diagnosing mental disorders. Explain the impact to the client.
- Explain the specifier “with anxious distress and when you would use it.”
- American Psychiatric Association. (2022). DSM-5-TR online assessment measures.Links to an external site. https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm/educational-resources/assessment-measures
