Dimensional versus categorical classification of mental disorders in the fifth edition of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders and beyond: Comment on the special section

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-556

  Brown, Timothy A ^a   Barlow, David H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity of mental disorders; Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders; Diagnostic classification of mental disorders; Dimensional versus categorical assessment of psychopathology; Risk factors for mental disorders

Indexed keywords

AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 28544453515     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.551     Document Type: Review

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