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Robert F Krueger1, Roman Kotov2, David Watson3

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Annales Medico-Psychologiques
|July 26, 2021
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Contemporary efforts are developing a quantitative, dimensional, and hierarchical classification of psychopathology. This empirical approach, exemplified by the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP), addresses limitations of traditional methods.

Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry and Psychology
  • Quantitative Psychology
  • Psychometric Classification

Context:

  • Traditional classification of psychopathology relies on expert consensus, facing challenges with comorbidity and discrete categories.
  • Growing empirical evidence suggests psychopathology is more dimensional than categorical, necessitating new classification frameworks.
  • The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) Consortium represents a collaborative, empirical approach to organizing mental disorders.

Purpose:

  • To review progress in quantitative and empirical classification of psychopathology.
  • To highlight the dimensional and hierarchical structure of psychopathology.
  • To describe the aims and current research foci of the HiTOP Consortium.

Summary:

  • Psychopathology is increasingly understood as dimensional rather than categorical, supported by substantial empirical literature.
Keywords:
ClassificationClinical utilityDSMDimensionsHierarchical taxonomy of psychopathologyICDMental disorderNosologyPersonalityPsychopathologyRDoC

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  • A hierarchical arrangement of psychopathology dimensions, from broad spectra to specific symptom clusters, offers a solution to the problem of comorbidity.
  • The HiTOP Consortium is advancing this empirical approach through research on psychopathology organization, personality links, and clinical utility.

    • Impact:

    • Provides a more scientifically grounded and clinically useful framework for understanding and classifying psychopathology.
    • Facilitates research by offering a common, empirically derived language for psychopathology constructs.
    • Drives the development of novel assessment instruments and models for psychopathology based on empirical data.