What is the test for establishing whether a patient has a mental disorder?
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The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Berryhill, No. 2:16-cv-2060 DB (E.D. Cal. 2018):
4. "Mental disorders cannot be ascertained and verified as are most physical illnesses, for the mind cannot be probed by mechanical devices in order to obtain objective clinical manifestations of mental illness." Hartman v. Bowen, 636 F.Supp. 129, 132 (N.D. Cal. 1986).
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