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The PRRC uses the diagnostic criteria and clinical characteristics reflected in the American Psychiatric Association’s (2013) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.). This will assist mental health and allied helping practitioners in recognizing, identifying, and assessing critical areas of concern with the intention to initiate case formulation and treatment planning. As noted in many structured assessments of mental health, various physiological characteristics, neurocognitions, thoughts, feelings, emotions, behaviors, and experiences make up the list of symptoms and conditions that are clinically significant. In addition, each diagnostic category considers features in its evaluation of mental health conditions such as development and course, risk and prognostic factors, cultural implications, diagnostic markers, differential diagnosis, and comorbidity.