Journal article
Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology
World psychiatry, Vol.17(3), pp.282-293
10/2018
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20566
PMCID: PMC6172695
PMID: 30229571
Abstract
Shortcomings of approaches to classifying psychopathology based on expert consensus have given rise to contemporary efforts to classify psychopathology quantitatively. In this paper, we review progress in achieving a quantitative and empirical classification of psychopathology. A substantial empirical literature indicates that psychopathology is generally more dimensional than categorical. When the discreteness versus continuity of psychopathology is treated as a research question, as opposed to being decided as a matter of tradition, the evidence clearly supports the hypothesis of continuity. In addition, a related body of literature shows how psychopathology dimensions can be arranged in a hierarchy, ranging from very broad spectrum level dimensions, to specific and narrow clusters of symptoms. In this way, a quantitative approach solves the problem of comorbidity by explicitly modeling patterns of co-occurrence among signs and symptoms within a detailed and variegated hierarchy of dimensional concepts with direct clinical utility. Indeed, extensive evidence pertaining to the dimensional and hierarchical structure of psychopathology has led to the formation of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Consortium. This is a group of 70 investigators working together to study empirical classification of psychopathology. In this paper, we describe the aims and current foci of the HiTOP Consortium. These aims pertain to continued research on the empirical organization of psychopathology; the connection between personality and psychopathology; the utility of empirically based psychopathology constructs in both research and the clinic; and the development of novel and comprehensive models and corresponding assessment instruments for psychopathology constructs derived from an empirical approach.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Progress in achieving quantitative classification of psychopathology
- Creators
- Robert F. Krueger - University of MinnesotaRoman Kotov - Stony Brook UniversityDavid Watson - University of Notre DameMiriam K. Forbes - Macquarie UniversityNicholas R. Eaton - Stony Brook UniversityCamilo J. Ruggero - University of North TexasLeonard J. Simms - University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkThomas A. Widiger - University of KentuckyThomas M. Achenbach - University of VermontBo Bach - Slagelse HospitalR. Michael Bagby - University of TorontoMarina A. Bornovalova - University of South FloridaWilliam T. Carpenter - University of Maryland, BaltimoreMichael Chmielewski - Southern Methodist UniversityDavid C. Cicero - University of Hawaii SystemLee Anna Clark - University of Notre DameChristopher Conway - William & MaryBarbara De Clercq - Ghent UniversityColin G. De Young - University of MinnesotaAnna R. Docherty - University of UtahLaura E. Drislane - University of Michigan–Ann ArborMichael B. First - Columbia UniversityKelsie T. Forbush - University of KansasMichael Hallquist - Pennsylvania State UniversityJohn D. Haltigan - University of TorontoChristopher J. Hopwood - University of California, DavisMasha Y. Ivanova - University of VermontKatherine G. Jonas - Stony Brook UniversityRobert D. Latzman - Georgia State UniversityKristian E. Markon - University of IowaJoshua D. Miller - University of GeorgiaLeslie C. Morey - Texas A&M UniversityStephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt - Oklahoma State UniversityJohan Ormel - University Medical Center GroningenPraveetha Patalay - University of LiverpoolChristopher J. Patrick - Florida State UniversityAaron L. Pincus - Pennsylvania State UniversityDarrel A. Regier - Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUlrich Reininghaus - Maastricht UniversityLeslie A. Rescorla - Bryn Mawr CollegeDouglas B. Samuel - Purdue University West LafayetteMartin Sellbom - University of OtagoAlexander J. Shackman - University of Maryland, College ParkAndrew Skodol - University of ArizonaTim Slade - UNSW SydneySusan C. South - Purdue University West LafayetteMatthew Sunderland - UNSW SydneyJennifer L. Tackett - Northwestern UniversityNoah C. Venables - University of MinnesotaIrwin D. Waldman - Emory UniversityMonika A. Waszczuk - Stony Brook UniversityMark H. Waugh - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleAidan G. C. Wright - University of PittsburghDavid H. Zald - Vanderbilt UniversityJohannes Zimmermann - Psychologische Hochschule Berlin
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- World psychiatry, Vol.17(3), pp.282-293
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/wps.20566
- PMID
- 30229571
- PMCID
- PMC6172695
- ISSN
- 1723-8617
- eISSN
- 2051-5545
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- DA040717; MH107444 / US NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA T320A037183 / US National Institute of Drug Abuse; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) US National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA R01MH107444; K01MH109765 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) L30MH101760 / US National Institute of Mental Health, NIMH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) U19AG051426; R01AG053217 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) T32DA037183; R21DA040717 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); European Commission Templeton Foundation 451-13-022 / Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) R01AG053217; U19AG051426 / NIH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA University of Maryland, College Park
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984627291202771
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