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Comment
. 2019 Jan:42:e11.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18001036.

The value of clinical and translational neuroscience approaches to psychiatric illness

Juyoen Hur  1 , Rachael M Tillman  1 , Andrew S Fox  2 , Alexander J Shackman  1
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The value of clinical and translational neuroscience approaches to psychiatric illness

Juyoen Hur et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Borsboom et al. confuse biological approaches with extreme biological reductionism and common-cause models of psychopathology. In muddling these concepts, they mistakenly throw the baby out with the bathwater. Here, we highlight recent work underscoring the unique value of clinical and translational neuroscience approaches for understanding the nature and origins of psychopathology and for developing improved intervention strategies.

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  • Reductionism in retreat.
    Borsboom D, Cramer AOJ, Kalis A. Borsboom D, et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2019 Jan;42:e32. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X18002091. Behav Brain Sci. 2019. PMID: 30940245

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