On Categorical Diagnoses in DSM-V: Cutting Dimensions at Useful Points?

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-301

  Kamphuis, Jan H ^a   Noordhof, Arjen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

base rates; clinical utility; cut points; dimensions versus categories; DSM V

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70249115672     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016697     Document Type: Article

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