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Published on in Vol 5 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/83927, first published .
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Simulated Reasoning and Self-Verification for Psychiatric Diagnosis in Generalist Large Language Models: Comparative Evaluation

Simulated Reasoning and Self-Verification for Psychiatric Diagnosis in Generalist Large Language Models: Comparative Evaluation

Karthik V Sarma   1, 2 , MD, PhD ;   Kaitlin E Hanss   1 , MD, MPH ;   Andrew J M Halls   1 , MD ;   Daniel F Becker   1 , MD ;   Anne L Glowinski   1 , MD, MPE ;   Andrew D Krystal   1 , MD

1 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

2 Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Karthik V Sarma, MD, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
  • University of California, San Francisco
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  • San Francisco, CA 94107
  • United States
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  • Email: Karthik.Sarma@ucsf.edu