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Understanding Psychopathology

Overview of attention for article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, June 2006
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Title
Understanding Psychopathology
Published in
Current Directions in Psychological Science, June 2006
DOI 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2006.00418.x
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Abstract

Research on psychopathology is at a historical crossroads. New technologies offer the promise of lasting advances in our understanding of the causes of human psychological suffering. Making the best use of these technologies, however, requires an empirically accurate model of psychopathology. Much current research is framed by the model of psychopathology portrayed in current versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM; American Psychiatric Association, 2000). Although the modern DSMs have been fundamental in advancing psychopathology research, recent research also challenges some assumptions made in the DSM-for example, the assumption that all forms of psychopathology are well conceived of as discrete categories. Psychological science has a critical role to play in working through the implications of this research and the challenges it presents. In particular, behavior-genetic, personality, and quantitative-psychological research perspectives can be melded to inform the development of an empirically based model of psychopathology that would constitute an evolution of the DSM.

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 2 1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Indonesia 1 <1%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Switzerland 1 <1%
Unknown 138 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 19%
Student > Master 24 17%
Student > Bachelor 21 14%
Researcher 13 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 8%
Other 22 15%
Unknown 26 18%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 74 51%
Medicine and Dentistry 12 8%
Social Sciences 8 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 4%
Neuroscience 5 3%
Other 10 7%
Unknown 30 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 March 2021.
All research outputs
#4,748,087
of 32,125,052 outputs
Outputs from Current Directions in Psychological Science
#1,009
of 1,633 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,785
of 118,090 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Current Directions in Psychological Science
#3
of 7 outputs
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