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Do you need training in auto mechanics to diagnose an engine problem?
Diagnosing a medical condition is all about matching symptoms with medical conditions. You just need to know the combination of medical symptoms to look for. Some conditons need special machines, others just need to be observed.
Most mental health disorders is discovered/diagnosed entirely based on a series of questions designed to identify symptoms.
The videos are empirical evidence of symptoms. The symptoms are repeated extensively by the subject. The DSM can tell you based on the combination of symptoms if there exist a disorder that fits.
The real purpose of psychiatry degree and gaining knowledge of the subjects background is to treat the conditions.
Actually you kind of do, modern cars are very complex, there's many different systems working together and lot of problems can appear to be something completely different to someone with no training or experience working on cars.
And diagnosing mental conditions is much more difficult than fixing cars.