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title: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Comorbidity + Differential Diagnosis
description: Differential Diagnosis provides contextual information to aid in diagnostic decision-making. All practitioners must consider how to differentiate disorders with similar presenting characteristics when making diagnostic decisions.
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# [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Comorbidity + Differential Diagnosis](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/business-of-practice-blog/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-comorbidity-differential-diagnosis)

 Written by [Amanda Beltrani](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/business-of-practice-blog/author/amanda-beltrani) | Mar 22, 2023 6:48:46 PM

Differential Diagnosis provides contextual information to aid in diagnostic decision-making. All practitioners must consider how to differentiate disorders with similar presenting characteristics when making diagnostic decisions. [Diagnostic inaccuracy](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/business-of-practice-blog/diagnosing-ptsd) leads to poor patient outcomes because of suboptimal and potentially inaccurate treatment. 

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