Integrating the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) into clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diagnosis is a cornerstone of clinical practice for mental health care providers, yet traditional diagnostic systems have well-known shortcomings, including inadequate reliability, high comorbidity, and marked within-diagnosis heterogeneity. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is a data-driven, hierarchically based alternative to traditional classifications that conceptualizes psychopathology as a set of dimensions organized into increasingly broad, transdiagnostic spectra. Prior work has shown that using a dimensional approach improves reliability and validity, but translating a model like HiTOP into a workable system that is useful for health care providers remains a major challenge.

Method

The present work outlines the HiTOP model and describes

SUBMITTER: Ruggero CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6859953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature