Methods for quantifying the heterogeneity of psychopathology

Abstract Objectives Specifiers for a major depressive disorder (MDE) are supposed to reduce diagnostic heterogeneity. However, recent literature challenges the idea that the atypical and melancholic specifiers identify more homogenous or coherent subgroups. We introduce the usage of distance metrics...

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Main Authors: John F. Buss, Ashley L. Watts, Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-023-05377-5