Simulation study to demonstrate biases created by diagnostic criteria of mental illnesses: major depressive episodes, dysthymia, and manic episodes

Objectives Composite diagnostic criteria alone are likely to create and introduce biases into diagnoses that subsequently have poor relationships with input symptoms. This study aims to understand the relationships between the diagnoses and the input symptoms, as well as the magnitudes of biases cre...

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Main Authors: Yi-Sheng Chao, Kuan-Fu Lin, Chao-Jung Wu, Hsing-Chien Wu, Hui-Ting Hsu, Lien-Cheng Tsao, Yen-Po Cheng, Yi-Chun Lai, Wei-Chih Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/11/e037022.full