THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERIZED CONTENT-ANALYSIS OF SPEECH TO THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS IN A PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENT-CLINIC

Twenty-five new psychiatric outpatient were clinically evaluated and w ere routinely administered a brief psychological screening battery whi ch included measures of symptoms. personality, and cognitive function. Included in this assessment procedure were the Gottschalk-Gleser Cont ent Analysis Scales on which scores were derived from five-minute spee ch samples by means of an artificial intelligence-based computer progr am. Intercorrelations oi these content analysis measures with scores o btained from the MMPI-2. SCL90, and other measures confirmed previousl y published construct validation findings. The use of this computerize d content analysis procedure for initial, rapid diagnostic neuropsychi atric appraisal is supported by this research. (C) 1997 John Wiley & S ons. Inc.