Operational sequence
- Ask for examples across years and settings.
- Identify abrupt departures from baseline.
- Track stress-linked intensification and recovery.
- Test for mood, substances, medical causes, hallucinations, and disorganization.
- Evaluate each operational claim independently.
Failure states
- Predicting violence from personality labels
- Treating difficult relationships as deception
- Pathologizing cultural difference
- Ignoring actual betrayal or institutional harm