A Model for Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psychiatric Diagnosis: Cross-National Research Findings

“…If so, a resolution of our difficulties would be easier. But psychiatrists agree on the prototypes (stereotypes) of categories better than had previously been supposed (Overall & Gorham 1963, Smith 1966, Sandifer et al 1966. In our study of crossnational stereotypes, my colleagues and I found that stereotype agreement was good both within and across national groups (Hordern et al 1968).…”

A Psychiatric Diagnostic System Integrating Probabilistic and Categorical Reasoning

“…As described in the introduction, there are several other systems for psychiatric diagnosis reported in the literature [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. The performance of our system is comparable with the performance of some of these systems, particularly DIAGNO III, which is also a diagnostic system for general psychiatry.…”

“…Specifically when considering psychiatric clinical reasoning, there are many models available [43][44][45]. The DSM-III-R itself describes how it Meth.…”

The construction of a descriptive diagnostic system in psychiatry: First experiences with a computer simulation

“…-\[any authors (Caveny, Tl'ittson, Hunt, &L Hernman, 1955;Gauron & Dichinson, 1966;Hoffman, 1960; Hunt, Wittson, k Hunt, Iioester, 1034; Ledley & Lusted, 1959;Smith, 1966;Taylor, 196.3) have pointed t o tlie ncccssity and importance of this process tracing itrategy in psychiatry and clinical psychology, particularly in the analysis of the sequence of decisions regarding the p:ttient.…”

“…The process of diagnosing is seen 2s an important step in this sequence arid consequently hiLs received much attention in tlie psycliiatric literature (Gauron c! Dicl\inson, 1966;Koester, 1954;llahrer, Thorp, & Stcrnlicht, 1960, lIahrer & Young, 1961Rogers, Balintfy, & Goldman, 1964;Sendifer, Grecn, & Cur-Harris, 1966; Schcff, lO(i3; Smith, 1966;Spitzer & Endicott, 19R3, 1969;Wortman, 1966). \Qe shall alqo delve further into diagnostic reasoning.…”