Alternative Models of Psychopathology: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology,Research Domain Criteria,Network Analysis,the Cambridge Model,and the Five-Factor Model
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Alternative Models of Psychopathology: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology,Research Domain Criteria,Network Analysis,the Cambridge Model,and the Five-Factor Model
Wilshire, Ward, and Clark (this issue, p. 323) critiqued the classification of psychopathology in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, offering as an alternative a “Cambridge model” that focuses on symptoms rather than syndromes. They compared their model with additional alternatives, such as the Research Domain Criteria, the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology, and network analysis. In this commentary, I offer further comparisons, considering as well the five-factor model alternative to the DSM syndromal classification of personality disorder.
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