Decision analysis in psychiatry.
review · Level V
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Abstract
Decision analysis is an explicit, quantitative approach to examining difficult decisions about course of action. Its applicability to psychiatry is considered. An example of how decision analysis could be used in psychiatry is given, criticism of the technique is discussed, and previous attempts to apply it to mental illness problems (from a Medline search from 1966 onwards) are reviewed. The future for decision analysis in psychiatry lies in teaching, audit and research, rather than clinical work.
Medical subject headings
- Decision Making
- Psychiatry