Cognitive De-Biasing and the Assessment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

      The primary aim is to test the efficacy of a new intervention to improve clinical judgment.
      The investigators focus on the assessment of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), a
      controversial diagnosis with frequent diagnostic errors, by educating mental health
      professionals in common cognitive pitfalls and training them in recommended de-biasing
      strategies. The investigators hypothesize that the Treatment group will show higher
      diagnostic accuracy than the Control condition: Participants receiving the cognitive
      de-biasing intervention will be less likely to commit faulty heuristics and race/ethnicity
      bias. Secondary aims include soliciting feedback about whether the skills were useful when
      diagnosing the vignettes, and whether skills and cases seem clinically realistic.
    
Behavioral