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LLM ensemble PREVIA predicts future PTSD risk from emergency department trauma narratives with expert-level accuracy

Mueller, Victoria, Yadav, Jyoti, Farnsworth, Annie, Hilberdink, Charlotte E., Gershov, Sapir, Oermann, Eric K., Wall, Stephen P., Shalev, Arieh Y., Schultebraucks, Katharina·2026·Nature Communications
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Mueller, V., Yadav, J., Farnsworth, A., Hilberdink, C. E., Gershov, S., Oermann, E. K., Wall, S. P., Shalev, A. Y., & Schultebraucks, K.
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Nature Communications
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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2026-11-09
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17
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-026-78768-3
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