Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses.
@article{Kendell2003DistinguishingBT, title={Distinguishing between the validity and utility of psychiatric diagnoses.}, author={Robert E. Kendell and Assen A. Jablensky}, journal={The American journal of psychiatry}, year={2003}, volume={160 1}, pages={ 4-12 } }
OBJECTIVE
The meaning of the terms "validity" and "utility" as they apply to psychiatric diagnoses is examined.
METHOD
The authors discuss the concepts of validity, utility, and disease; review assumptions that have been made about mental disorders as disease entities; and examine the evidence that mental disorders are separated from one another and from normality by natural boundaries (zones of rarity).
RESULTS
Despite historical and recent assumptions to the contrary, there is little…
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