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Introduction to “The hard question in psychiatric nosology”
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This chapter presents an introduction to the points raised in the following chapter, which focuses on principles and criteria to which mental disorders are classified, and the “natural” or “construct” nature of a classificatory object. It discusses the “meaningful but arbitrary” nature of many DSM criteria, interrelation or “meta-structure” of disorders, and the indeterminacy of factor analysis.
Title: Introduction to “The hard question in psychiatric nosology”
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This chapter presents an introduction to the points raised in the following chapter, which focuses on principles and criteria to which mental disorders are classified, and the “natural” or “construct” nature of a classificatory object.
It discusses the “meaningful but arbitrary” nature of many DSM criteria, interrelation or “meta-structure” of disorders, and the indeterminacy of factor analysis.
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