casenessn.
/ˈkeɪsnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkeɪsnᵻs/ Psychiatry.
The condition or fact of meeting the diagnostic criteria for a psychiatric disorder.
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1963 D. C. Leighton et al. Char. of Danger iv. 118 This decision as to ‘caseness’ rested in part on how closely they [sc. patterns of symptoms] resembled the Manual descriptions.
1997 Nature 6 Nov. 44/3 Standardized instruments such as the General Health Questionnaire now routinely use higher cut-offs for ‘caseness’, as people more willingly acknowledge problems.
2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 5 Sept. 15 Many students had such high stress levels that they were exhibiting what we call ‘psychiatric caseness’, which means that they were at a point where they could and should be seen by a psychiatrist or psychologist.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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