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Confirmation bias: why psychiatrists stick to wrong preliminary diagnoses.

Mendel R, Traut-Mattausch E, Jonas E, et al. Confirmation bias: why psychiatrists stick to wrong preliminary diagnoses. Psychol Med. 2011;41(12):2651-2659. doi:10.1017/S0033291711000808.

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January 18, 2012
Mendel R, Traut-Mattausch E, Jonas E, et al. Psychol Med. 2011;41(12):2651-2659.
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This study found evidence that both psychiatrists and medical students fall victim to confirmation bias—a specific type of diagnostic error—when engaging in simulated diagnostic reasoning scenarios.

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Mendel R, Traut-Mattausch E, Jonas E, et al. Confirmation bias: why psychiatrists stick to wrong preliminary diagnoses. Psychol Med. 2011;41(12):2651-2659. doi:10.1017/S0033291711000808.

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