Mental disorders as networks of problems: a review of recent insights

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Fried, Eiko I ^a   van Borkulo, Claudia D ^a,b   Cramer, Angélique O J ^a   Boschloo, Lynn ^b   Schoevers, Robert A ^b   Borsboom, Denny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Early warning signals; Mental disorders; Network analysis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85001976709     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1319-z     Document Type: Review

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