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Is there a test or someone you can talk to to diagnose and determine what mental disorder someone has?
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∙ 13y ago
If, by your question, you mean is there a way to determine whether someone is mentally ill secondhand, that is, by talking to a friend or relation of the person in question, then the answer is no. Mental illness can only be diagnosed through interviewing and testing the person in question directly. It is generally pretty easy to know when someone is in need of psychotherapy, but the only way to diagnose what the illness might be is by a personal interview.
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