Natural language processing in psychiatry. Artificial intelligence technology and psychopathology

The potential benefit of artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a tool of psychiatry has not been well defined. In this essay, the technology of natural language processing and its position with regard to the two main schools of AI is clearly outlined. Past experiments utilizing AI techniques in...

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Published in:The journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 180; no. 4; p. 227
Main Authors: Garfield, D A, Rapp, C, Evens, M
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.04.1992
Subjects:
Computer Simulation
Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted
Female
Humans
Linguistics
Male
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - psychology
Natural Language Processing
Neural Networks (Computer)
Psychiatry - instrumentation
Verbal Behavior
ISSN:0022-3018
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Summary:The potential benefit of artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a tool of psychiatry has not been well defined. In this essay, the technology of natural language processing and its position with regard to the two main schools of AI is clearly outlined. Past experiments utilizing AI techniques in understanding psychopathology are reviewed. Natural language processing can automate the analysis of transcripts and can be used in modeling theories of language comprehension. In these ways, it can serve as a tool in testing psychological theories of psychopathology and can be used as an effective tool in empirical research on verbal behavior in psychopathology.
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ISSN:0022-3018
DOI:10.1097/00005053-199204000-00004