The hierarchical structure of common mental disorders: Connecting multiple levels of comorbidity, bifactor models, and predictive validity

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1064-1078

  Kim, Hyunsik ^a   Eaton, Nicholas R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bassackwards; Comorbidity; Internalizing externalizing; Psychopathology; Transdiagnostic factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973097212     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000113     Document Type: Article

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