Dr. Jhilam Biswas

and making a clinical opinion on that diagnosis. So saying there's this diagnosis, and in my clinical opinion, this is what we need to do next. And then in that clinical opinion, we offer treatment recommendations also.

So it happens on a case-by-case basis. It really depends on the story and it really depends on the situation. Some stories are really hard to figure out. You know, somebody might be very high functioning and they're living a very, you know, functional life, but there's just a missing link that results in a bad situation or a bad outcome.

So it happens on a case-by-case basis. It really depends on the story and it really depends on the situation. Some stories are really hard to figure out. You know, somebody might be very high functioning and they're living a very, you know, functional life, but there's just a missing link that results in a bad situation or a bad outcome.

So it happens on a case-by-case basis. It really depends on the story and it really depends on the situation. Some stories are really hard to figure out. You know, somebody might be very high functioning and they're living a very, you know, functional life, but there's just a missing link that results in a bad situation or a bad outcome.

It may take a deep dive into the history, doing interviews with family members and friends and institutions that they're part of, their caregivers, their treatment providers. And so that can take some time. The other thing I always say about a psychiatric diagnosis is it's hard to make a diagnosis of psychiatric illness in one snapshot.

It may take a deep dive into the history, doing interviews with family members and friends and institutions that they're part of, their caregivers, their treatment providers. And so that can take some time. The other thing I always say about a psychiatric diagnosis is it's hard to make a diagnosis of psychiatric illness in one snapshot.

It may take a deep dive into the history, doing interviews with family members and friends and institutions that they're part of, their caregivers, their treatment providers. And so that can take some time. The other thing I always say about a psychiatric diagnosis is it's hard to make a diagnosis of psychiatric illness in one snapshot.

You really need multiple evaluations and you need to see someone over time. Or you need to be able to retrospectively or look backwards into their history and say, okay, this is what they looked like at this point in time and this point in time. And then through that pattern, you can really say what that diagnosis is.

You really need multiple evaluations and you need to see someone over time. Or you need to be able to retrospectively or look backwards into their history and say, okay, this is what they looked like at this point in time and this point in time. And then through that pattern, you can really say what that diagnosis is.

You really need multiple evaluations and you need to see someone over time. Or you need to be able to retrospectively or look backwards into their history and say, okay, this is what they looked like at this point in time and this point in time. And then through that pattern, you can really say what that diagnosis is.

All psychiatric diagnoses actually do need to occur over a period of time and cannot really just happen for one day to get a diagnosis.

All psychiatric diagnoses actually do need to occur over a period of time and cannot really just happen for one day to get a diagnosis.

All psychiatric diagnoses actually do need to occur over a period of time and cannot really just happen for one day to get a diagnosis.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a great question. So I think different evaluations require different periods of time. It depends on the decision that the court is making. One decision the court will make is let's say somebody comes off the street after an assault and battery. There's just some obvious mental illness signs.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a great question. So I think different evaluations require different periods of time. It depends on the decision that the court is making. One decision the court will make is let's say somebody comes off the street after an assault and battery. There's just some obvious mental illness signs.

Yeah, I mean, I think that's a great question. So I think different evaluations require different periods of time. It depends on the decision that the court is making. One decision the court will make is let's say somebody comes off the street after an assault and battery. There's just some obvious mental illness signs.

that the court is seeing, like the person is not making sense, they're confused, they're disheveled, their hygiene is bad, you know, they're talking to themselves.

that the court is seeing, like the person is not making sense, they're confused, they're disheveled, their hygiene is bad, you know, they're talking to themselves.

that the court is seeing, like the person is not making sense, they're confused, they're disheveled, their hygiene is bad, you know, they're talking to themselves.

That's kind of a quick and dirty snapshot view that someone in Massachusetts, we call them court clinicians, there are psychologists and social workers at every court that will do a quick and dirty evaluation and say, look, this person needs a longer mental health evaluation.