IPQ, Illness Perception Questionnaire; SEMI, Short Explanatory Model Interview; EMIC,
Explanatory Model Interview Catalogue. https://doi. org/10.1192/bjp. 181.1. 6 Published …

Objectives: This article addresses the clinical implications of 3 questions:(1) Can a simple
checklist, suitable for use by practitioners, assess all components of explanatory models …

The ways in which people think about illness experiences have been associated with a
variety of important behaviours and emotional responses in patients, carers, and …

Kinderman (2005) presented a psychological model of mental disorder, based on a critique
and reformulation of the biopsychosocial model. Kinderman suggested that disruption or …

Background and objectives: Illness representations in physical health problems have been
studied extensively using the Self‐regulation Model (SRM) focusing on five dimensions of …

Explanatory models of illness–the way people perceive, interpret and respond to it–are
mediated not only by the illness itself, but also by cultural and social contexts. This article …

Abstract The Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research (DCPR) were introduced in
1995 by an international group of investigators to expand the traditional domains of the …

The theory and practice of psychiatric diagnosis are central yet contentious. This paper
examines the heterogeneous nature of categories within the DSM-5, how this heterogeneity …

Models for Mental Disorder, first published in 1987, anticipated the move towards integration
of psychiatric services into multidisciplinary teams (doctor, psychologist, nurse, social …

There has been substantial recent interest in the development of a quantitative, empirically
based model of psychopathology. However, the majority of pertinent research has focused …