PSEUDO BAYESIAN SCREENING OF PSYCHIATRIC-PATIENTS

This paper describes a method for screening psychiatric patients based on a questionnaire consisting of simple yes:no questions regarding to physical, mental conditions and subjective symptoms which is provided at their first visit to the hospital. The analysis of the questionnai re is important to understand patients' background. One hundred filled out questionnaires were utilized for constructing and evaluating a ps eude Bayesian classifier which classifies patients into three categori es i.e. Schizophrenic, emotional and neurotic disorders with average c orrect prediction rate of 73.3%. The rate was 16.6% higher than the re sult given by experienced medical doctors and the method will be a use ful mean for automatic screening of the psychiatric patients.