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Today in class, we talked about depression and other disorders. Dreier went through the "desk/pocket book" and said that to be diagnosed the psychologists and psychiatrists must be thorough with their patients background and disorder that may or may not be diagnosed. What i dont understand is that i have recently been diagnosed with depression and my psychiatrist was not in depth with me at all. I saw him the first time for about 20-30 minutes and he prescribed me with depression medication. I have noticed a difference but still, every time i see him, its only for 20-30 minutes. How can he be so sure that i have depression, if he still hardly knows me? While reading the article "Prognosis Negative" and talking to Patrik on googlewave, i realized that my "disorder" might be a new one and might be in the upcoming DSM book. I just have a hard time believing that people can diagnose a person the first time meeting them for atleast half an hour. If you have anything to add that could help me have a better understanding of this, please do...