Common use of Implications Clause in Contracts

Implications. Despite being presented with vignettes from a psychopathology textbook designed to perfectly emulate specific psychiatric diagnoses, most participants were unable to identify the correct diagnosis nor come to a majority agreement on a diagnosis. This implies that while all disciplines’ psychopathology training are equally effective, they are also equally ineffective at preparing future practitioners for diagnosing by themselves. Participants in this study were more accurate in diagnosing when consulting with other practitioners or utilizing the DSM-5 while considering diagnosis. For both of these conditions, the aggregate score was one point higher for participants who utilized available resources than for their counterparts who did not use available resources. This implies that bringing in viewpoints different than one’s own, even objective viewpoints like that of the DSM-5, are beneficial in providing accurate diagnoses for clients. These viewpoints could act as a balance against implicit biases or highlight symptoms or severity of symptoms that may have been missed on initial assessment of the client. When the diagnoses were viewed as part of a family of related diagnoses instead of a singular diagnosis, agreement on the diagnosis rose significantly. This suggests that viewing diagnosing as identifying a family of related diagnoses or symptoms rather than a very specific individual diagnosis may be more beneficial in diagnostic accuracy. Bringing diagnoses together under the same umbrella has already begun in some areas. In the DSM-5, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s Disorder has been absorbed into autism spectrum disorder and the family of psychotic disorders is called schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This suggests that the differences between diagnoses in the same family of related disorders may not be as important as originally thought. The more important and beneficial aspect of diagnosis would be to diagnose in a general family to begin treatment sooner.