Evaluating psychodiagnostic decisions

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Witteman, Cilia L M ^a   Harries, Clare ^b   Bekker, Hilary L ^c   Van Aarle, Edward J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal explanations; Clinical decision making; Hypothetico deductive reasoning; Psychodiagnosis; Scripts and stories

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

BAYES THEOREM; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 33846921853     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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