In praise of clinical judgment: Meehl's forgotten legacy

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1257-1276

  Westen, Drew ^a   Weinberger, Joel ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clincial decision making; Clinical judgment; Clinical prediction; Diagnosis; Paul E. Meehl; Statistical prediction

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MINNESOTA; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27844453219     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20181     Document Type: Review

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