We propose a taxonomy of psychopathology based on patterns of shared causal influences
identified in a review of multivariate behavior genetic studies that distinguish genetic and …

Psychiatric comorbidities are common among patients with schizophrenia. Substance abuse
comorbidity predominates. Anxiety and depressive symptoms are also very common …

The diagnosis of mental disorder initially appears relatively straightforward: Patients present
with symptoms or visible signs of illness; health professionals make diagnoses based …

Objective The DSM-5 Field Trials were designed to obtain precise (standard error< 0.1)
estimates of the intraclass kappa as a measure of the degree to which two clinicians could …

The pivotal problem of comorbidity research lies in the psychometric foundation it rests on,
that is, latent variable theory, in which a mental disorder is viewed as a latent variable that …

This acclaimed work has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based
cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness …

The prevalence of comorbid alcohol, other drug, and mental disorders in the US total
community and institutional population was determined from 20 291 persons interviewed in …

Distinguishing between depression and anxiety has been a matter of concern and
controversy for some time. Studies in normal samples have suggested, however, that …

A core interest of social science is the study of stratification--inequalities in income, power,
and prestige. Few persons would care about such inequalities if the poor, powerless, and …

Background This report presents the results of confirmatory factor analyses of patterns of
comorbidity among 10 common mental disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey, a …