Offering a new framework for understanding and studying basic dimensions of normal and
abnormal human functioning and mental disorders, the National Institute of Mental Health
(NIMH) has initiated the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project in which a series of
higher order domains, representing major systems of emotion, cognition, motivation, and
social behavior, and their constituent operationally defined constructs serve as organizing
templates for further research and inquiry, eg, to discover validated biomarkers and …