HOW RECOGNIZING COMORBIDITIES IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MAY LEAD TO AN IMPROVED RESEARCH NOSOLOGY

Authors
ROBINS LN
Citation
Ln. Robins, HOW RECOGNIZING COMORBIDITIES IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY MAY LEAD TO AN IMPROVED RESEARCH NOSOLOGY, Clinical psychology, 1(1), 1994, pp. 93-95
Citations number
8
Journal title
Clinical psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09695893
Volume
1
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
93 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-5893(1994)1:1<93:HRCIPM>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A short history of the roots of DSM-III and the politics of its creati on help to explain the extensive occasions it offers for fulfilling cr iteria for multiple diagnoses. With use of standardized interviews, it becomes possible to discover all the diagnoses a single person can qu alify for. This should prompt rethinking how diagnoses are selected an d what rules for preemptions accord with the nature of psychopathology .