RDoC and shift of reference

Objective: This paper aims to analyse in a philosophically informed way the recent National Institute of Mental Health proposal for the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. Conclusion: Current classification systems have helped unify psychiatry and the conditions that it is most concerned with...

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Veröffentlicht in:Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2016-10, Vol.24 (5), p.470-472
Hauptverfasser: Castro-de-Araujo, Luis FS, Levy, Neil, Kanaan, Richard AA
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Objective: This paper aims to analyse in a philosophically informed way the recent National Institute of Mental Health proposal for the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework. Conclusion: Current classification systems have helped unify psychiatry and the conditions that it is most concerned with. However, by relying too much on syndromes and symptoms, they too often do not define stable constructs. As a result, inclusions and removals from the manuals are not always backed by sound reasons. The RDoC framework is an important move towards ameliorating matters. This paper argues that it improves the current situation by re-referencing constructs to physical properties (biomarkers for disorders, for example), by allowing theoretical levels within the framework, and by treating psychiatry as a special case of the cognitive sciences.
ISSN:1039-8562
1440-1665
DOI:10.1177/1039856216646229