How doctors actually think
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How doctors actually think
A key developmental milestone for physicians is the ability to discern between “sick” and “not sick.” Most physician educators agree that this is vital, but few can articulate how this is learned or how to teach it.
First, they create a simplified model using limited, initial information about the phenomenon they’re studying, with parts of the model assigned to represent parts of the real system. Second, they closely examine the model they are using to understand what it says and predicts about the real-world system. Third, they compare what they’ve learned... See more
How Psychiatric Diagnostic Reasoning Works
Large Language Model Influence on Diagnostic Reasoning
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Some therapists have an overly reductive understanding of psychiatric diagnosis. They seem to think a diagnosis of mental disorder necessarily implies there is some intrinsic brain abnormality. They think if someone’s symptoms can be explained with reference to a history of abuse or trauma, then a diagnosis doesn’t apply to them. The logic is so