Ascertaining Diagnosis Classification With Elicited Speech

Inclusion Criteria

• •Speaks with conversational proficiency with conversational proficiency
• •Current diagnosis in the medical chart of any of the following. The patient may be in partial but not full remission. Comorbidity among these disorders and other unlisted disorders is expected and allowable.
• •Schizophrenia-spectrum disorder - schizophrenia, schizophreniform, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, brief psychotic disorder, or unspecified psychotic disorder
• •Bipolar spectrum disorder - bipolar I or II disorder, cyclothymia, unspecified or other specified bipolar disorder
• •(Unipolar) Depressive disorder - major depressive disorder, dysthymia, unspecified and other specified depressive disorder
• •Anxiety disorder - obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder
• •Personality disorder - borderline personality disorder
• •Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• •Healthy comparison subjects
• •Age 14 - 50 years
• •Has capacity and willing to sign informed consent; if minor, parent is willing to give consent and child is willing to give assent.
• •Screening will not include a pregnancy test. Pregnant women will not be screened out of the study because the study procedures are of very low risk overall, and pregnancy does not place the participant or the fetus at any significant risk.
• •Minors will be included in the study because diagnostic ambiguity is prevalent before the age of 18 and this patient group is particularly in need of accurate prognosis and treatment. Therefore, it is of vital importance that the conclusions of the study be applicable to minors and that they be included among the participants.