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I understand what you are saying that is is unethical to diagnose somebody from afar, especially if it's somebody you are not and will not treat. I also understand that family members can misdiagnose or confuse symptoms in their loved ones. But for mental health professionals like yourself, can't you tell or have a strong suspicion about a particular mental health issue by the person's behavior and the way they act? Can you make a prediction or have an inclination before a clinical interview? I am not talking about this for the sake of diagnosing either. It's like if a young person goes to the ER with chest pain, the ER doctor is not going to test him for hepatitis. It seems like you could rule out a lot and have some reasonable hunches before the clinical interview.
Of course one can make reasonable hunches, but diagnostically, a hunch really doesn't carry much weight. It could set you in a direction is all. If someone comes in with chest pain, you could make a reasonable hunch what the issue could be, but it would be a bad idea to treat it until you were pretty certain from a diagnostic standpoint.