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Kraepelin: an expert system for the diagnosis of Obsessive - Compulsive Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

M Roca-Bennasar ,
A Garcia-Mas ,
N Llaneras ,
J Blat  and
P Roca
M Roca-Bennasar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears
A Garcia-Mas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears
N Llaneras
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Universitat de les Illes Balears
J Blat
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences;, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, 07071, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
P Roca
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences;, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, 07071, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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Summary

We present the construction of an expert system (ES) for the diagnosis of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD). It concerns an artificial intelligence tool, in Lisp language compatible with any personal computer (PC) with a hard disk. The ES asks the user 50 questions in natural language, on the patient or on a clinical history. It is provided with 115 rules of reasoning. Using single or multivaluate variables, the ES reaches the diagnosis of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders or the recommendations of differential diagnosis with related patterns or involucred with obsessive pathology: phobic, affective, schizophrenic and Gilles de la Tourette disorders. Finally, the perspectives for the utilisation of the ES in psychopathology are disscussed, in conjunction with the 2 serious problems created, design difficulty and user acceptance.

Keywords

artificial intelligenceObsessive-Compulsive Disorderspsychiatric diagnosis
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Original article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , 1991 , pp. 171 - 175
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1991

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