Transdiagnostic psychiatry: a systematic review

World Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 192-207

  Fusar Poli, Paolo ^a,b,c   Solmi, Marco ^a,d   Brondino, Natascia ^c   Davies, Cathy ^a   Chae, Chungil ^e   Politi, Pierluigi ^c   Borgwardt, Stefan ^f   Lawrie, Stephen M ^g   Parnas, Josef ^h   McGuire, Philip ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anxiety; bibliometric analysis; classification; conceptual analysis; depression; diagnosis; psychosis; recommendations; Transdiagnostic

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85065427331     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20631     Document Type: Review

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