A Four-Step Approach for Developing Diagnostic Tests in Psychiatry

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 62-65

  Boutros, N N ^a   Arfken, C L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Laboratory Tests; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249864415     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005940703800206     Document Type: Article

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