Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Individualized Treatment Rule in First-Episode Schizophrenia.

Journal: JAMA network open
Published Date:

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Little guidance exists to date on how to select antipsychotic medications for patients with first-episode schizophrenia.

Authors

  • Chi-Shin Wu
    Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
  • Alex R Luedtke
    Department of Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle.
  • Ekaterina Sadikova
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Hui-Ju Tsai
    Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan.
  • Shih-Cheng Liao
    Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital & College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
  • Chen-Chung Liu
    Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital & College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
  • Susan Shur-Fen Gau
    Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital & College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan.
  • Tyler J VanderWeele
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Ronald C Kessler
    Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School.