Journal of Psychiatry

Babak Mostafazadeh Davani

Publications

• Research Article
  The Effect of Hindsight Bias on Psychiatrists’ Clinical Judgment: A Randomized Controlled Trials
  Author(s): Mohammad Arbabi, Babak Mostafazadeh Davani, Majid Sadeghi Najafabadi, Ali Akbar Nejati Safa, Zaniar Ghazizadeh and Shakiba JavadiMohammad Arbabi, Babak Mostafazadeh Davani, Majid Sadeghi Najafabadi, Ali Akbar Nejati Safa, Zaniar Ghazizadeh and Shakiba Javadi
  
  Abstract Objectives: Hindsight bias is inevitable in retrospective peer reviews, especially in medical settings. Psychiatrists are highly at risk of hindsight bias, because of the repeated patient hospitalization and the use of medications with a lot of side effects. The goal of our study was to investigate the effect of hindsight bias on psychiatrists’ clinical judgment. Methods: We conducted our survey in 173 psychiatrists who participated in the congress of scientific society of psychiatrists in Iran in December 2010. A clinical vignette was presented to participants and they reviewed hypothetical cases in which patients with bipolar or psychotic features presented for psychiatric care. We informed two-thirds of the participants that a bipolar or psychotic feature accompanied patients’ symptoms (hindsight group) but withheld outcome information from the other participan.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2378-5756.1000425

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