Book contents
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Advance Praise for Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Neuroscience, Mechanisms, and RDoC
- Part II Phenomenology, Biological Psychology, and the Mind–Body Problem
- Part III Taxonomy, Integration, and Multiple Levels of Explanation
- Section 8
- Section 9
- 25 Introduction
- 26 Should Psychiatry Be Precise? Reduction, Big Data, and Nosological Revision in Mental Health Research
- 27 Commentary on “Should Psychiatry Be Precise? Reduction, Big Data, and Nosological Revision in Mental Health Research”
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Index
- References
25 - Introduction
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2020
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Advance Praise for Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- General Introduction
- Part I Neuroscience, Mechanisms, and RDoC
- Part II Phenomenology, Biological Psychology, and the Mind–Body Problem
- Part III Taxonomy, Integration, and Multiple Levels of Explanation
- Section 8
- Section 9
- 25 Introduction
- 26 Should Psychiatry Be Precise? Reduction, Big Data, and Nosological Revision in Mental Health Research
- 27 Commentary on “Should Psychiatry Be Precise? Reduction, Big Data, and Nosological Revision in Mental Health Research”
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Index
- References
Summary
In her chapter, Katie Tabb focuses on one of the major selling points used in the rollout of the Research Domain Criteria initiative (RDoC), specifically the claim that RDoC aspires to be a part of the precision medicine revolution in medicine (Insel, 2014). From this perspective, a DSM diagnostic category such as major depressive disorder is too coarse-grained to guide treatment selection. The hope of RDoC is that genetic and physiological biomarkers for neuropsychological dimensions that cut across conventional diagnostic boundaries may identify more homogeneous patient groups who respond to treatment in similar ways.
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- Levels of Analysis in PsychopathologyCross-Disciplinary Perspectives, pp. 305 - 307Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020