Cross Examining Psych Doctors - Tip #37-Psychological-Sounding Diagnoses

Psychological evaluation reports often contain a section dedicated to a review of the patient's medical records.  That section usually reveals that physicians in a wide variety of medical specialties often make comments, and even diagnoses, in their records indicating that the patient may be depressed, anxious or was having other psychological problems or disorders.  However, with all due respect to my colleagues in the various medical fields, a psychological diagnosis offered by, let's say, an orthopedist, is no more credible than a psychologist's diagnosis of an orthopedic condition. 

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