Association of symptom network structure with the course of depression

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Publication date 12-2015
Journal JAMA Psychiatry
Volume | Issue number 72 | 12
Pages (from-to) 1219-1226
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  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Abstract Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a heterogeneous condition in terms of symptoms, course, and underlying disease mechanisms. Current classifications do not adequately address this complexity. In novel network approaches to psychopathology, psychiatric disorders are conceptualized as complex dynamic systems of mutually interacting symptoms. This perspective implies that a more densely connected network of symptoms is indicative of a poorer prognosis, but, to date, no previous study has examined whether network structure is indeed associated with the longitudinal course of MDD.
Document type Article
Note First erroneously published with title: Association of Symptom Network Structure With the Course of Longitudinal Depression. - Correction published in JAMA Psychiatry (2016) 73(4):412.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2079
Other links https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0024
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