The Carlat Psychiatry Podcast AI in Practice
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Jun 9, 2025 Discover how AI is revolutionizing medical diagnostics, boasting a 92% accuracy that outshines human experts. Delve into the advantages of AI in psychiatric assessments, addressing biases inherent in human judgment. Explore how AI can enhance decision-making in psychiatry and the transformative potential it holds. Learn about the historical evolution of medical knowledge and the role of AI in evolving research practices, including the FDA's initiatives to integrate AI into scientific reviews.
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AI Outperforms Physicians in Diagnosis
- AI like ChatGPT version 4 outperforms physicians in diagnostic accuracy, achieving 92% correctness compared to physicians' 75%.
- Doctors alone improved only slightly using AI assistance, highlighting AI's superior diagnostic capabilities.
AI Enhances Psychiatric Diagnosis
- In psychiatry, ChatGPT version 4 scored 63% in diagnostic accuracy versus 47% for residents.
- Residents using ChatGPT improved to 60%, approaching AI's solo performance, showing AI's potential to aid psychiatric diagnosis.
Human Bias in Psychiatric Diagnoses
- Psychiatric diagnoses involve behaviors close to our humanity, leading to bias and underdiagnosis of conditions like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
- Empathy and stigma contribute to preferring less severe diagnoses such as anxiety or ADHD over psychotic disorders.