Non-Diagnostic Prediction of Behaviour and Outcome in Male Psychiatric Admissions

rd, Alexander Er; Dj, Hall; Jc, Little

doi:10.1192/bjp.124.6.579

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“…CHAM (Silbermann (1971)) is another attempt to build a logical procedure in the description of mental state, and in both cases it is accepted that varying decisions in the progress of treatment over time may rest on varying syndromes (see also Alexander et al (1974) and Strauss (1975)). It might be postulated that one single diagnosis or syndrome does not contain sufficient information for all necessary decisions.…”

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The Influence of Redundancy on Patterns of Information

Mellergård

1977

Acta Psychiatr Scand

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A model of clinical decision according to Bayes's formula is described and the problem of redundant informations is evaluated. It is postulated that a definitory and a syndromatic redundancy are unavoidable, which is why it is necessary to develop a correction factor. A series of indicants is investigated in two populations, and it is shown that correction for redundancy results in far-reaching changes in the patterns of information. The permissible syndrome is defined: a subset of informations containing the necessary and sufficient predictive capacity. The methods described may be used for an evaluation of common syndromes and may enable comparisons of information patterns, related to identical or different criteria.

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