This is a good start, but it still clusters based on symptoms

It’s like going to the doctor and getting an HIV diagnosis because you’ve got a runny nose.

It's like going to the doctor and getting a runny nose diagnosis because you've got a runny nose.

In the end, a diagnosis only helps the patient if it enables a treatment, hopefully an effective one. If you have a cluster of symptoms with two possible causes, and there is no difference in the care for the patient, what's the point of further differential diagnosis?

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SiempreViernes 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

That's how all diagnosis starts, what did you expect?

	▲	moi2388 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Start. But in psychology, it’s the end of it. With actual doctors, they will take blood work, perform tests to find the actual virus, bacteria or other cause. They find the cause, not just a list of symptoms. Psychology and psychiatry is only now starting to actually research causes.