Document Type
Article
Peer Reviewed
1
Publication Date
11-2005
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Volume
114
NLM Title Abbreviation
J Abnorm Psychol
DOI
10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.522
PubMed ID
16351375
Abstract
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) groups disorders into diagnostic classes on the basis of the subjective criterion of "shared phenomenological features." There are now sufficient data to eliminate this rational system and replace it with an empirically based structure that reflects the actual similarities among disorders. The existing structural evidence establishes that the mood and anxiety disorders should be collapsed together into an overarching class of emotional disorders, which can be decomposed into 3 subclasses: the bipolar disorders (bipolar I, bipolar II, cyclothymia), the distress disorders (major depression, dysthymic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder), and the fear disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, specific phobia). The optimal placement of other syndromes (e.g., obsessive-compulsive disorder) needs to be clarified in future research.
Keywords
Anxiety Disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Humans, Mood Disorders, Reproducibility of Results
Published Article/Book Citation
The definitive version was published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114:4 (2005) pp. 522-536. DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.522
Rights
Author Posting. Copyright © American Psychological Association, 2005. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record. It is posted here by permission of the APA for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
The definitive version was published in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Vol 114(4), Nov 2005, 522-536. doi: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.4.522
URL
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