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By its very nature, the process of clinical diagnosis simulates a research process since it involves the testing of a variety of plausible hypotheses before a final decision is reached. Thus, in a sense, every clinical diagnosis is a research undertaking. Despite this, formal research into clinical diagnosis is of relatively recent vintage. It has two aspects: research into the decision-making process—leading to a diagnosis and research into the results of this process—the diagnosis itself. While the decision-making process itself is now being investigated experimentally, we shall limit ourselves to research in diagnosis itself with special reference to its improvement.
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Zubin, J. (1978). Research in Clinical Diagnosis. In: Wolman, B.B. (eds) Clinical Diagnosis of Mental Disorders. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2490-4_1
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