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. 2017 Aug 2:8:1305.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01305. eCollection 2017.

Commentary: A network theory of mental disorders

Payton J Jones  1 , Alexandre Heeren  1   2   3 , Richard J McNally  1
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Commentary: A network theory of mental disorders

Payton J Jones et al. Front Psychol. .
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Keywords: cognitive therapy; etiology; mental disorders; network approach; network theory; psychopathology; symptoms.

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Latent vs. network approach to psychopathology. (A) Both Categorical and dimensional approaches to psychopathology assume that a latent entity is causally responsible for symptoms. (B) The network approach to psychopathology posits that mental disorders can be explained by the interactions between nodes in a complex network. The relationship between nodes and disorders is mereological (i.e., parts to whole) rather than causal. In the traditional network approach, nodes correspond directly to the “symptoms” in the categorical/dimensional approach. In the expanded network approach, nodes are not limited to symptoms: they may also consist of biological, cognitive, or other individual-level processes.
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