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Old 04-29-2019 | 07:14 AM
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The federal government in general considers a psychiatric diagnosis by any of the following categories of providers to be an ‘actual’ diagnosis. Not necessarily a correct diagnosis, that issue can be argued in a court of law and healthcare providers do make errors in diagnosis, but an ‘actual’ diagnosis for “have you ever..?” reporting purposes:

General practitioners
Nurse practitioners
Physicians’ assistants
Psychiatrists
Clinical psychologists
Clinical social workers
Clinical nurse specialists
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