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Diagnostic Accuracy and Clinical Reasoning of Multiple Large Language Models in Psychiatry

2026-02-09 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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ImportanceLarge language models (LLMs) have demonstrated diagnostic potential in several medical specialties, but their application to psychiatry - where diagnosis relies heavily on clinical judgment, narrative interpretation, and reasoning under uncertainty - remains insufficiently evaluated. ObjectiveTo evaluate diagnostic accuracy and clinician-judged reasoning quality of multiple large language models using psychiatric case vignettes. DesignMixed-methods evaluation study of diagnostic accu...

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