Optimizing the predictive power of depression screenings using machine learning

Objective Mental health self-report and clinician-rating scales with diagnoses defined by sum-score cut-offs are often used for depression screening. This study investigates whether machine learning (ML) can detect major depressive episodes (MDE) based on screening scales with higher accuracy than b...

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Main Authors: Yannik Terhorst, Lasse B Sander, David D Ebert, Harald Baumeister
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2023-08-01
Series:Digital Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076231194939