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Every treatment process must start with diagnostic procedures. One cannot successfully treat a nonexisting or a misunderstood or a misdiagnosed condition. A correct determination of the nature, degree, and severity of a particular disorder is an absolutely necessary prerequisite for choosing an appropriate treatment method.
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Wolman, B.B. (1988). Differential Diagnosis. In: Wolman, B.B. (eds) Psychosomatic Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5520-5_24
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