Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:1405-1408
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Routine on-line psychiatric diagnosis by computer
JH Greist, MH Klein and HP Erdman
With the advent of effective psychiatric treatments, greater accuracy in
psychiatric diagnosis has become a vital concern for psychiatric training,
research, and patient care. The authors have adapted current computer
diagnostic procedures in order to obtain highly accurate diagnosis while
simplifying and shortening the process of information input and diagnostic
output. Their program requires a minimum of the clinician's time and
provides feedback during the diagnostic process when the clinician requires
it. The authors believe that routine use of this computer diagnostic
program will improve psychiatric training, research, and patient care.
