An evaluation of automated, internet-based psychiatric history taking

An Information-Based Bayesian Approach to History Taking

EEective history-taking systems need to dynamically reduce the number of questions to ask. This can be done either categorically or probabilistically, by exploiting previous patient's answers. In this paper , we propose a probabilistic information-based history-taking strategy that combines synergistically two information-content measures for reducing the number of questions asked. We have appl...

The value of taking an 'ethics history'.

OBJECTIVES To study the value of taking an ethics history as a means of assessing patients' preferences for decision making and for their relatives' involvement. DESIGN Questionnaire administered by six junior doctors to 56 mentally competent patients, admitted into general and geriatric medical beds. SETTING A large district general hospital in the United Kingdom. MAIN MEASURES To establ...

ترجمه و تحقیق کتاب an introduction to the history of mysticism

پایان نامه ی ارائه شده ترجمه ی کتاب «an introduction to the history of mysticism» نوشته ی مارگارت اسمیت که وی پژوهشگر، خاورشناس و محقق برجسته ی تصوف و عرفان می باشد. موضوع اساسی و مهم این کتاب عرفان در ادیان مختلف است. نویسنده در ابتدا این کلمه را ریشه یابی کرده و سپس تعریفی از آن ارائه داده و آن را در ادیان مختلف مورد بحث قرار داده است و در هر فصل کتاب به معرفی عرفای آن دین یا عصر خاصی پرداخته...

Evidence-based history taking under “time constraint”

Physicians all through the world visit patients under time limitations. The most important troubled clinical skill under "time constraint" is the diagnostic approach. In this situation, clinicians need some diagnostic approaches to reduce both diagnostic time and errors. It seems that highly experienced physicians utilize some special tactics in this regard. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) as a r...

Psychiatric Case-Taking Cards