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Erschienen in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 4/2017

10.01.2017 | Letter to the Editor

A trans-diagnostic approach to psychosis, psychiatric medication nomenclature and stigma

verfasst von: Marina Economou, Helen Lazaratou

Erschienen in: European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | Ausgabe 4/2017

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Recent scientific advances stimulate thinking on the boundaries between normal and abnormal behaviour and the importance—both clinical and ethical—of the diagnoses we assign to people whose symptoms exceed a given threshold. In essence, psychosis is currently conceptualized as an (extended) continuous phenotype, which encompasses subclinical psychotic-like experiences in the general population [1]. Therefore a dimensional classification of mental disorders, in the context of a trans-diagnostic approach is substantiated. We cannot help but wonder how this new conceptualization may influence clinical practice, and especially with regard to the stigma attached to mental illness. …
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Metadaten
Titel
A trans-diagnostic approach to psychosis, psychiatric medication nomenclature and stigma
verfasst von
Marina Economou
Helen Lazaratou
Publikationsdatum
10.01.2017
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience / Ausgabe 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0940-1334
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-8491
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-016-0763-9

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