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Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2017 May 30;75 Suppl:S71–S84. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2017.05.020

Table 1.

Features used for identifying symptom severity levels.

Name Definition Type
Question & Answer Features
Severe questions
F1 Has the patient had inpatient treatment?
F2 Does the patient have a history of suicidal behavior?
F3 Does the patient have a history of violent behavior?
F4 Does the patient have a history of self-injurious behavior?
Risk assessment questions
F5 Has the patient experienced loss of housing?
F6 Has the patient had thoughts of harm to self?
F7 Is the patient prone to worrying excessively?
Drug & substance questions
F8 Does the patient have a history of drug use?
F9 Does the patient have a history of marijuana use?
F10 Does the patient have a history of cocaine use?
F11 Does the patient have a history of sedative/hypnotic use?
F12 Does the patient have a history of opiate use?
F13 Does the patient have a history of hallucinogens use?
Psychological symptom questions
F14 Does the patient have symptoms of depression (MDD)?
F15 Does the patient have symptoms of bipolar disorder (BP)?
F16 Does the patient have symptoms of general anxiety disorder (GAD)?
F17 Does the patient have symptoms of obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders?
F18 Does the patient have symptoms of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)?
F19 Does the patient have symptoms of eating disorders?
F20 Does the patient have symptoms of complicated grief?
F21 Does the patient have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
F22 Does the patient have symptoms of dementia?
Question coverage features
F23 Were any severe questions answered yes?
F24 Number of severe questions answered yes 𝒩
F25 Were any risk assessment questions answered yes?
F26 Number of risk assessment questions answered yes 𝒩
F27 Were any drug & substance questions answered yes?
F28 Number of drug & substance questions answered yes 𝒩
F29 Were any psychological symptom questions answered yes?
F30 Number of psychological symptom questions answered yes 𝒩
F31 Were any questions answered yes?
F32 Number of questions answered yes 𝒩
Lexical & Pattern Features
F33 Were any patterns in the ALCOHOL lexicon found?
F34 Number of patterns in the ALCOHOL lexicon that were found 𝒩
F35 Were any patterns in the DRUG lexicon found?
F36 Number of patterns in the DRUG lexicon that were found 𝒩
F37 Were any patterns in the EATING_DISORDER lexicon found?
F38 Number of patterns in the EATING_DISORDER lexicon that were found 𝒩
F39 Were any patterns in the HISTORY lexicon found?
F40 Number of patterns in the HISTORY lexicon that were found 𝒩
F41 Were any patterns in the INPATIENT lexicon found?
F42 Number of patterns in the INPATIENT lexicon that were found 𝒩
F43 Were any patterns in the LEGAL lexicon found?
F44 Number of patterns in the LEGAL lexicon that were found 𝒩
F45 Were any patterns in the OUTPATIENT lexicon found?
F46 Number of patterns in the OUTPATIENT lexicon that were found 𝒩
UMLS Hierarchy Features
F47 Were any medical concepts descendants of Mental Health in UMLS?
F48 All paths from each descendant of Mental Health and Mental Health itself in UMLS
F49 Were any medical concepts descendants of Mental Disorder in UMLS?
F50 All paths from each descendant of Mental Disorder and Mental Disorder itself in UMLS
F51 Were any medical concepts descendants of Behavior Disorder in UMLS?
F52 All paths from each descendant of Behavior Disorder and Behavior Disorder itself in UMLS
Patient Age Features
F53 Was the patient at least 80 years old?
F54 Was the patient at least 70 years old?
F55 Was the patient at least 60 years old?
F56 Was the patient younger than 40 years old?
F57 The age of the patient 𝒩
Axis V GAF Features
F58 The patient’s lowest AXIS V GAF category 𝒩
F59 The patient’s current AXIS V GAF category 𝒩
ICD-9 Code Features
F60 All ICD-9 codes (truncated as an integer)
F61 All ICD-9 codes (truncated to the tenths decimal place)
F62 All ICD-9 codes (truncated to the hundredths decimal place)
F63 All ICD-9 codes (truncated to as the ICD-9 code class)