Risk assessment and receiver operating characteristic curves

TY - JOUR

T1 - Risk assessment and receiver operating characteristic curves

AU - Szmukler, G.

AU - Everitt, B.

AU - Leese, M.

PY - 2012/5

Y1 - 2012/5

N2 - Risk assessment is now regarded as a necessary competence in psychiatry. The area under the curve (AUC) statistic of the receiver operating characteristic curve is increasingly offered as the main evidence for accuracy of risk assessment instruments. But, even a highly statistically significant AUC is of limited value in clinical practice.

AB - Risk assessment is now regarded as a necessary competence in psychiatry. The area under the curve (AUC) statistic of the receiver operating characteristic curve is increasingly offered as the main evidence for accuracy of risk assessment instruments. But, even a highly statistically significant AUC is of limited value in clinical practice.

U2 - 10.1017/S003329171100208X

DO - 10.1017/S003329171100208X

M3 - Editorial

SN - 1469-8978

VL - 42

SP - 895

EP - 898

JO - Psychological Medicine

JF - Psychological Medicine

IS - 5

ER -