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Diagnostic categories or dimensions? A question for the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders--fifth edition.

Widiger, Thomas A., Samuel, Douglas B.·2005·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

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The question of whether mental disorders are discrete clinical conditions or arbitrary distinctions along dimensions of functioning is a long-standing issue, but its importance is escalating with the growing recognition of the frustrations and limitations engendered by the categorical model. The authors provide an overview of some of the dilemmas of the categorical model, followed by a discussion of research that addresses whether mental disorders are accurately or optimally classified categorically or dimensionally. The authors' intention is to document the importance of this issue and to suggest that future editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders give more recognition to dimensional models of classification. They conclude with a dimensional mental disorder classification that they suggest provides a useful model.

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Authors: Widiger, T. A., & Samuel, D. B.
Affiliations: University of Kentucky (US)
ORCID: Widiger, Thomas A.
Samuel, Douglas B.
Venue: Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Published: 2005-11
Volume: 114
Issue: 4
Pages: 494-504
ISSN: 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
1939-1846
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843x.114.4.494
OpenAlex: W2125664898
Cited by: 752
References: 136
Citations by year: 2026: 18 · 2025: 28 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 42 · 2020: 34 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 30 · 2017: 75 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 56 · 2014: 50 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 50
FWCI: 35.28
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords: dimensional classification, categorical classification, DSM-5, mental disorder classification, dimensional models of psychopathology, diagnostic categories, psychopathology
MeSH terms: Mental Disorders, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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