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How To Diagnose PTSD?
Question: if a person, under stress is being deposed & has documented severe depression, PTSD, enucleated eye fr
Vietnam-other health issues-early glaucoma/early kidney issues-how can one tell if he was mistaken,
how could one tell if he was mistaken or intentionally lying
Vietnam-other health issues-early glaucoma/early kidney issues-how can one tell if he was mistaken,
how could one tell if he was mistaken or intentionally lying
Brief Answer:
Not practically possible
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
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I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Physical facts like an enucleated eye, kind any issues can be confirmed by proper physical examination and lab tests like serum creatinine and urea and an USG abdomen.
Regarding the psychiatric issues, PTSD cannot be confirmed or refuted by any possible way or diagnostic tests. One possible way to confirm the history is by doing a truth serum tests (narcoanalysis). But still the results are not fool proof.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
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Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
Not practically possible
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for choosing health care magic for posting your query.
I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through.
Physical facts like an enucleated eye, kind any issues can be confirmed by proper physical examination and lab tests like serum creatinine and urea and an USG abdomen.
Regarding the psychiatric issues, PTSD cannot be confirmed or refuted by any possible way or diagnostic tests. One possible way to confirm the history is by doing a truth serum tests (narcoanalysis). But still the results are not fool proof.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below mentioned link:
bit.ly/dr-srikanth-reddy
Wish you good health,
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy M.D.
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