Computational Psychiatry

Question 1

What are the computational domains useful in psychiatry?

Answer 1

▪️ Dynamics (differential)
▪️ Interference (Baye’s rule)
▪️ Learning (Bellman equation)
▪️ Approximation

Question 2

What is the differential equation and what is an example of its use in psychiatry?

Answer 2

▪️ Models how change in y over time is influenced by a factor of y
▪️ E.g., panic attacks loops (palpitations lead to anxiety which leads to arousal) = 3 differential equations
▪️ Dynamic systems produced complex time-varying phenomena