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This course uses a vignette-based approach to learning differential psychiatric diagnosis. Students will develop advanced skills for the differential diagnosis of mental disorders, including observational and interviewing skills and the use and interpretation of screening tools, laboratory tests and other assessments. Students will utilize the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM) and other appropriate nosologies for reaching a diagnosis and conceptualizing a psychiatric formulation.