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October 16, 2025

Simple Prompting Enhances ChatGPT’s Diagnostic Accuracy in Psychiatric Cases

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SFSeraphina FongUniversity of TrentoACAlessandro CarolloUniversity of TrentoMMMartina Dal MasoUniversity of Trento

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Implication

This analysis shows that simple prompting improved diagnostic accuracy in psychiatric cases, indicating LLMs could assist clinicians.

Key Points

  • ChatGPT achieved highest diagnostic accuracy when prompted to provide a single diagnosis for each case, enhancing decision-making in psychiatry.
  • Clinical psychologists demonstrated moderate agreement in diagnosis accuracy assessments, with kappa value of 0.687 indicating reliable evaluations.
  • A robust statistical approach confirmed prompting techniques significantly affected diagnostic accuracy, showcasing the importance of input style.
  • Implementing LLMs like ChatGPT can improve psychiatric diagnosis processes, offering valuable support for mental health practitioners.

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Fong et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f0f51d8dd8ea469b1d707chttps://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/fd8w5_v2
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