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Computational psychiatry as a bridge from neuroscience to clinical applications

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Huys, Quentin J M, Maia, Tiago V, Frank, Michael J·2016·Nature Neuroscience

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Translating advances in neuroscience into benefits for patients with mental illness presents enormous challenges because it involves both the most complex organ, the brain, and its interaction with a similarly complex environment. Dealing with such complexities demands powerful techniques. Computational psychiatry combines multiple levels and types of computation with multiple types of data in an effort to improve understanding, prediction and treatment of mental illness. Computational psychiatry, broadly defined, encompasses two complementary approaches: data driven and theory driven. Data-driven approaches apply machine-learning methods to high-dimensional data to improve classification of disease, predict treatment outcomes or improve treatment selection. These approaches are generally agnostic as to the underlying mechanisms. Theory-driven approaches, in contrast, use models that instantiate prior knowledge of, or explicit hypotheses about, such mechanisms, possibly at multiple levels of analysis and abstraction. We review recent advances in both approaches, with an emphasis on clinical applications, and highlight the utility of combining them.

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Authors
Huys, Q. J. M., Maia, T. V., & Frank, M. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • University of Lisbon (PT)
  • Brown University (US)
Corresponding author
Huys, Quentin J M
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2016-02-23
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
404-413
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2276520418
Cited by
1,002
References
149
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Funders
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (153449)
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01mh080066-10)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (NIMH R01 MH080066-01)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01-MH080066)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
Keywords
computational psychiatry, mental illness, data-driven machine learning, translational neuroscience, treatment outcome prediction, treatment selection, psychiatric classification, mechanistic model, clinical application
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Humans, Models, Neurological, Models, Psychological, Neurosciences, Translational Research, Biomedical

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