A detailed hierarchical model of psychopathology: From individual symptoms up to the general factor of psychopathology.

ABSTRACT: Much of our knowledge about the relationships among domains of psychopathology is built on the diagnostic categories described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with relatively little research examining the symptom-level structure of psychopathology. The aim of this study was to delineate a detailed hierarchical model of psychopathology-from individual symptoms up to a general factor of psychopathology-allowing both higher- and lower-order dimensions to depart from the structure of the DSM. We explored the hierarchical structure of hundreds of symptoms spanning 18 DSM disorders, in two large samples-one from the general population in Australia (n = 3175), and the other a treatment-seeking clinical sample from the USA (n = 1775). There

SUBMITTER: Forbes MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7983870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature