An agenda for symptom-based research.
The network approach proposed by Cramer et al. suggests fascinating new directions of research on mental disorders. Research is needed to find evidence for the causal power of symptoms, to examine symptoms thoroughly, to investigate individual differences in edge strength, to discover etiological processes for each symptom, and to determine whether and why symptoms cohere into distinct mental disorders.
Fleeson
William
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Department of Psychology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA. fleesonw@wfu.edu
Furr
R Michael
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Arnold
Elizabeth Mayfield
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D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012106:Research