Voice spectra are utilised to track daily shifts in mood in eight acutely disturbed psychiatric patients. Two mood criteria, a self-description and an interviewer rating, were obtained. Multiple regression of voice spectra on to these two criterion measures, using a cross validation design, yielded moderately good prediction for some patients.
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