Comparison of Physician and Computer Diagnostic Accuracy The Institute of Medicine recently highlighted that physician diagnostic error is common and information technology may be part of the solution.1 Given advancements in computer science, computersmay be able to independentlymake accurate clinical diagnoses.2While studieshave compared computer vs physicianperformance for readingelectrocardi...

The purpose of the present study was to first examine whether childhood abuse predicts symptom complexity, as indicated by the number of clinically elevated scales on the MMPI-2 in an adult clinical sample. Secondly, we investigated whether emotion regulation difficulties mediated the relationship between childhood abuse and symptom complexity. A total of 162 adult outpatients not presenting wi...

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by three major symptom clusters following an event that elicited fear, helplessness, or horror. This review will examine each symptom cluster of PTSD separately, giving case study examples of patients who exhibit a preponderance of a given symptom domain. We...

Background Treatment of osteoarthritis (OA) is a significant medical and social problem worldwide. Modern therapeutic approaches include combination pharmacological non-pharmacological methods aimed at reducing pain, improving joint function, preventing disease progression. A wide variety symptomatic slow-acting drugs for their usage dictate the necessity clinical economic analysis to select mo...