Auteur : Helzer, John E. / Hudziak, James J.

Maison d'édition : American Psychiatric Publishing

Date de publication : 2002

Collation : xv, 272 p. : ill.

Collection : American Psychopathological Association Series

ISBN : 1585620637

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : Part I : Definitional tensions
1. Five criteria for an improved taxonomy of mental disorders -- 2. Defining clinically signifiant psychopathology with epidemiologic data -- 3. Why requiring clinical significance does not solve epidemiology's and DSM's validity problem : response to regier and narrow -- 4. Psychometric perspective on comorbidity
Part II : Imaging psychopathology
5. Toward a neuroanatomical understanding of psychiatric illness : the role of functional imaging -- 6. Neurimaging studies of mood disorders -- 7. Genetic neurimaging : helping to define phenotype in affective disorders
Part III : Longitudinal studies
8. Psychopathology and the life course -- 9. Detecting longitudinal patterns of alcohol use -- 10. Empirically based assessment and taxonomy across the life span -- 11. ADHD comorbidity findings from the MTA study : new diagnostic subtypes and their optimal treatments
Part IV : Ecploring alterntives
12. Implications of genetic epidemiology for classification -- 13. Importance of phenotype definition in genetic studies of child psychopathology -- 14. Defining genetically meaningful classes of psychopathology -- 15. Schizotaxia and the prevention of schizophrenia

Résumé : This volume is divided into four sections: definitional tensions, imaging psychopathology, longitudinal studies, and exploring alternatives. It represents a significant step in developing approaches to classification that will lead to more accurate diagnoses and treatments for patients and a broader range of taxonomic options for researchers.

Mots-clés : Maladies mentales - Classification / Méthode longitudinale

Cote : WM 15 H486d 2002