A network theory of mental disorders

D Borsboom - World psychiatry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, the network approach to psychopathology has been advanced as an
alternative way of conceptualizing mental disorders. In this approach, mental disorders arise …

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

EI Fried, CD van Borkulo, AOJ Cramer… - Social psychiatry and …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The network perspective on psychopathology understands mental disorders as
complex networks of interacting symptoms. Despite its recent debut, with conceptual …

[HTML][HTML] Can we jump from cross-sectional to dynamic interpretations of networks implications for the network perspective in psychiatry

FM Bos, E Snippe, S De Vos, JA Hartmann… - Psychotherapy and …, 2017 - karger.com
Interest in the network perspective of psychopathology is rapidly growing. This theory
conceptualizes mental disorders as networks in which symptoms can trigger the presence of …

Moving forward: Challenges and directions for psychopathological network theory and methodology

EI Fried, AOJ Cramer - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the introduction of mental disorders as networks of causally interacting symptoms, this
novel framework has received considerable attention. The past years have resulted in over …

[PDF][PDF] Problems attract problems: A network perspective on mental disorders

ALOJ Cramer, D Borsboom - Emerging trends in the social and …, 2015 - psychosystems.org
What is the nature of mental disorders such as major depression and panic disorder? Are
mental disorders analogous to tumors, in that they exist as separate entities somewhere in …

The role of stabilizing and communicating symptoms given overlapping communities in psychopathology networks

TF Blanken, MK Deserno, J Dalege, D Borsboom… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Network theory, as a theoretical and methodological framework, is energizing many
research fields, among which clinical psychology and psychiatry. Fundamental to the …

Mental disorders as networks: some cautionary reflections on a promising approach

M Wichers, JTW Wigman, LF Bringmann… - Social Psychiatry and …, 2017 - Springer
Accepted: 23 December 2016/Published online: 16 February 2017© Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg 2017 network perspective has helped the field to become aware of novel …

The network approach to psychopathology: A review of the literature 2008–2018 and an agenda for future research

DJ Robinaugh, RHA Hoekstra, ER Toner… - Psychological …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The network approach to psychopathology posits that mental disorders can be
conceptualized and studied as causal systems of mutually reinforcing symptoms. This …

Implications of the network theory for the treatment of mental disorders: A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial

L Schumacher, JP Klein, M Elsaesser, M Härter… - Jama …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Conceptualizing mental disorders as latent entities has been challenged by the
network theory of mental disorders, which states that psychological problems are constituted …

Commentary: A network theory of mental disorders

PJ Jones, A Heeren, RJ McNally - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Whether mental disorders differ by kind or degree has been a longstanding debate among
clinical theorists who favor either a categorical or dimensional approach to psychopathology …