Clinical judgment and decision making

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 67-89

  Garb, Howard N ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral prediction; Personality assessment; Psychodiagnosis; Psychological assessment; Statistical prediction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW;

CAUSALITY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25844435809     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.1.102803.143810     Document Type: Review

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