Some mental disorders are based on networks, others on latent variables

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Abstract

Cramer et al. persuasively conceptualize major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) as network disorders, rejecting latent variable accounts. But how does their radical picture generalize across the suite of mental and personality disorders? Addictions are Axis I disorders that may be better characterized by latent variables. Their comorbidity relationships could be captured by inserting them as nodes in a super-network of Axis I conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166-167
Number of pages2
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume33
Issue number2-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2010
Externally publishedYes

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