Commentary: A network theory of mental disorders

Frontiers in Psychology

Payton J. Jones¹ 

关键词: network theory;    network approach;    psychopathology;    mental disorders;    symptoms;    etiology;    cognitive therapy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01305

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Whether mental disorders differ by kind or degree has been a longstanding debate among clinical theorists who favor either a categorical or dimensional approach to psychopathology (McNally, 2011). Yet proponents of both views agree that symptoms reflect a latent entity (e.g., “major depression”) that causes symptom emergence and covariance (Figure ​(Figure1).1). Unfortunately, these latent models have serious theoretical and psychometric limitations (Borsboom, 2008).

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