Open AccessScreening for Mental Health Problems: Addressing the Base Rate Fallacy for a Sustainable Screening Program in Integrated Primary Care
Author(s) -
John V. Lavigne,
Marissa A. Feldman,
Kathryn Mendelsohn Meyers
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of pediatric psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.054
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1465-735X
pISSN - 0146-8693
DOI - 10.1093/jpepsy/jsw048
Subject(s) - false positive paradox , fallacy , mental health , medicine , actuarial science , risk analysis (engineering) , psychology , computer science , psychiatry , machine learning , economics , philosophy , epistemology
The Affordable Care Act has stimulated interest in screening for psychological problems in primary care. Given the scale with which screening might occur, the implications of a problem known as the base rate fallacy need to be considered.
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