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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How do Psychiatrists diagnose a patient? By checking off a list? How do they make sure it’s an accurate diagnosis?
gpt
That's actually pretty close. Each official diagnosis has a list of signs/symptoms/test results/criteria associated with it, and notes how many are required for positive diagnosis. There is a book, in the US at least, called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, currently on volume five and abbreviated DSM-5, which lists these psychiatric diagnoses. The book is organised to help primarily, this being the US, with accurate billing for insurance.