A transdiagnostic, dimensional classification of anxiety shows improved parsimony and predictive noninferiority to DSM.

ABSTRACT: The current conceptualization of anxiety in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)-which includes 11 anxiety disorders plus additional anxiety-related conditions-does not align with accumulating evidence that anxiety is transdiagnostic and dimensional in nature. Transdiagnostic dimensional anxiety models have been proposed, yet they measure anxiety at either a very broad (e.g., "anxiety") or very narrow (e.g., "performance anxiety") level, overlooking intermediate properties of anxiety that cut across DSM disorders. Using indicators from a well-validated semistructured interview of anxiety-related disorders, we constructed intermediate-level transdiagnostic dimensions representing the intensity, avoidance, pervasiveness, and onset of anxiety. We ca

SUBMITTER: Stade EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12490750 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature