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CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
卷 21, 期 3, 页码 269-279出版社
EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHING FOUNDATION-AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12075
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categorical; classification; comorbidity; diagnosis; diagnostic and statistical manual; dimensional; natural kinds
The excellent articles in this Special Series underscore the centripetal forces pushing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), including DSM-5, toward science, as well as the centrifugal forces pushing the DSM away from science. These articles demonstrate that, some assertions to the contrary, many of the DSM-5 revisions were indeed responsive to data. At the same time, these articles underscore the point that certain assumptions and constraints are impeding the DSM's scientific potential. I highlight three such centrifugal forces here: (a) unwarranted categorical assumptions, (b) unwarranted belief in natural kinds, and (c) the DSM's many masters. Although the DSM is in part a scientific document, it is also in part a pragmatic compromise among multiple competing demands and constituencies. I encourage boosting competition in the marketplace of ideas as a means of enhancing the verisimilitude of the psychiatric classification system.
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