A Simulation of the Initial Psychiatric Interview.

Richard Ernest Bellman, M. B. Friend, Leonard T. Kurland

ResearchPublished 1966

A description of a computer simulation of the initial psychiatric interview based on a combination of psychiatric and dynamic programming concepts. The set of questions and answers is given, along with some typical dialogs and the computer program. 270 pp. Refs. Bibliog.

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  • Year: 1966
  • Document Number: R-449-RC

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Bellman, Richard Ernest, M. B. Friend, and Leonard T. Kurland, A Simulation of the Initial Psychiatric Interview. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1966. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R449.html.
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