The Checking Ritual
Distinguish OCD's obsession-compulsion cycle from GAD's diffuse worry and from a delusional belief.
Work through an original, fictional vignette using the same eight-step reasoning process for every case.
Distinguish OCD's obsession-compulsion cycle from GAD's diffuse worry and from a delusional belief.
Distinguish a major depressive episode from normal adjustment stress and from a bipolar-spectrum presentation.
Distinguish early psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia from mood-episode-related psychotic features and from a substance-induced presentation.
Distinguish a manic episode from ordinary stress-related energy and from a substance-induced presentation.
Distinguish Panic Disorder from generalized worry and from a medical cause of similar physical symptoms.