The influence of sample selection on the structure of psychopathology symptom networks: An example with alcohol use disorder.

ABSTRACT: Increasingly, the structure of mental disorders has been studied in the form of a network, characterizing how symptoms or criteria interact with and influence each other. Many studies of psychiatric symptoms and diagnostic criteria employ community or population-based surveys using co-occurrence of the symptoms/criteria to form the networks. However, given the overall low prevalence rates of mental disorders and their symptoms in the general population, most of those surveyed may not exhibit or endorse any symptoms and yet are often included in network analyses. Consequently, because network models are built on associations between symptoms/criteria, much of the observed variability is driven by individuals who are asymptomatic. Using data from the National Epidemiological Survey of Alcoho

SUBMITTER: Hoffman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6614010 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature