Research Domain Criteria(RDoC) – A New Vision for Mental Health

Extraordinary Science and Psychiatry: Responses to the Crisis in Mental Health Research

This book has been written by Jeffrey Poland and Serife Tekin. The abstract says: “The subject of the book is the culture of crisis and controversy that exists in contemporary mental health research, following the publication of the fifth edition of…
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Open letter regarding the reform and revision of diagnostic systems

Author: Editorial 10th June 2020 0 Comments

“We … recommend a paradigmatic revision of the empirical and conceptual frameworks used to think about mental health. A classification approach that pursues the neo-Kraepelinian goal (now nearly half a century old) of establishing biomarkers for individual conditions or symptoms…
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a coherent system

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), diagnostic labelling, Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology(HiTOP), International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), psychiatry, Research Domain Criteria(RDoC), Task Force on Diagnostic Alternatives (TFDA)