Identifying primary-care features associated with complex mental health difficulties
Complex mental health difficulties are poorly coded. We demonstrated the feasibility of using information theoretic approaches to develop a large set of novel features in electronic health records. While these are currently insufficient for diagnosis, several can act as prompts to consider further diagnostic assessment.
Authors
- Ciarán McInerney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7620-7110)
- Vyv Huddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-8166)
- Michelle Horspool (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3069-6091)
- Christopher Burton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0233-2431)
- Phillip Oliver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9665-0635)
- Ada Achinanya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-0624)
Institutions
- Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322771
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Yorkshire and Humber