Do the DSM decision trees improve diagnostic ability?

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-88

  Morgan, Robert D ^a,b   Olson, Kenneth R ^c   Krueger, Randy M ^c   Schellenberg, Richard P ^c   Jackson, Thomas T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Western Missouri Mental Health Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033981154     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(200001)56:1<73::AID-JCLP7>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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