[Do we know what a disorder is? Prospects of the DSM 5].

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[Do we know what a disorder is? Prospects of the DSM 5].

Revista de neurologia - 1 Mar 2011

Artigas-Pallarés Josep

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Mental problems are generically called disorders. However, over half a century after they were first included in diagnostic manuals, and although the use of the term disorder has become consolidated in everyday life, it still stands out as an artificial construct that does not exist in nature itself. The article highlights the inconsistencies of the categorical and polythetic model implicit in the Diagnostic and...

Topics

Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Biological Evolution
Comorbidity
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Genetic Variation
Humans
Mental Disorders
Models, Genetic

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