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In contrast to the 29 decision trees included in Chapter 2, which use presenting symptoms as their starting points, the entry points to the 66 differential diagnosis tables included in this chapter are the DSM-5 disorders themselves. Although the practice of quickly arriving at a working diagnosis based on the gestalt of the patient has its pitfalls in terms of prematurely closing the clinician’s mind to other equally valid possible diagnostic contenders, this is likely the method most often used by experienced clinicians. To help ensure that your working diagnosis is in fact the best diagnostic fit for your patient’s clinical presentation, the disorder-oriented differential diagnosis tables can be invaluable in providing a comprehensive listing of those DSM-5 disorders that share important features with your initial working diagnosis so that these disorders can be considered and ruled out.
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