The role of stabilizing and communicating symptoms given overlapping communities in psychopathology networks.

ABSTRACT: Network theory, as a theoretical and methodological framework, is energizing many research fields, among which clinical psychology and psychiatry. Fundamental to the network theory of psychopathology is the role of specific symptoms and their interactions. Current statistical tools, however, fail to fully capture this constitutional property. We propose community detection tools as a means to evaluate the complex network structure of psychopathology, free from its original boundaries of distinct disorders. Unique to this approach is that symptoms can belong to multiple communities. Using a large community sample and spanning a broad range of symptoms (Symptom Checklist-90-Revised), we identified 18 communities of interconnected symptoms. The differential role of symptoms within and between

SUBMITTER: Blanken TF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895626 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature