I think in a lot of cases we would interview what we call collateral contacts: family members, people important in the person's life, and perhaps employers and service providers. For example, the client may say, I'm not diagnosed but I may have depression. So we can write that report, and say that the client reports feelings of depression, and suggest to the judge that this is an avenue we could explore after sentencing. As Christine said, we can't make the diagnosis. We can report when other people tell us they have concerns. That information can be included in the report and, again, followed up once they're sentenced, or it can be built into the conditions that this be followed up on.
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