A network theory of mental disorders.
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...However, the network theory of mental disorders (Borsboom, 2017; Kendler, Zachar, & Craver, 2011; McNally, 2012) was only recently connected to sophisticated psychometric models that allow us to estimate such networks for empirical data (Bringmann et al....
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...1 left): Insomnia can cause fatigue, psychomotor problems, and concentration problems, and these depression symptoms (APA, 2013) can form vicious circles of problems that are hard to escape (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Fried, van Borkulo, Cramer et al., 2016)....
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...As explained by Borsboom (2017), such external factors need not necessarily be outside the person....
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...1 left): Insomnia can cause fatigue, psychomotor problems, and concentration problems, and these depression symptoms (APA, 2013) can form vicious circles of problems that are hard to escape (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Fried, van Borkulo, Cramer et al., 2016)....
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...However, the network theory of mental disorders (Borsboom, 2017; Kendler, Zachar, & Craver, 2011; McNally, 2012) was only recently connected to sophisticated psychometric models that allow us to estimate such networks for empirical data (Bringmann et al., 2013; Bulteel, Tuerlinckx, Brose, &…...
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...Psychological networks thus offer a different view of item clusters: syndromes such as depression or anxiety disorder in the realm of mental disorders (Cramer et al., 2010; Borsboom, 2017; Fried et al., 2017b), personality facets or domains such as extraversion or neuroticism in personality research (Mõttus and Allerhand, 2017; Cramer et al....
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...…offer a different view of item clusters: syndromes such as depression or anxiety disorder in the realm of mental disorders (Cramer et al., 2010; Borsboom, 2017; Fried et al., 2017b), personality facets or domains such as extraversion or neuroticism in personality research (Mõttus and…...
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...…shows that shifting the focus away from single variables, to how the network emerges and behaves as a whole, might reveal more insights into the dynamics of psychopathology, leading to more fruitful therapy approaches (Borsboom, 2017; Cramer et al., 2016; Wichers, Wigman, & Myin-Germeys, 2015)....
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...For example, sleeping problems can lead to tiredness, which in turn can trigger sadness, and as the downward spiral progresses, symptoms reinforce one other, eventually resulting in a full-blown depression (Borsboom, 2017; Cramer et al., 2010)....
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...An emerging approach to psychopathology and comorbidity is the network model (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Cramer, Waldorp, van der Maas, & Borsboom, 2010; McNally, 2016)....
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...This simulation therefore rests on assumptions made in network theory (Borsboom, 2017) that nodes do indeed spread activation through causal patterns and represents a simulation of important bridges being detected given a causal network structure....
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...In this article, we use psychometric network terminology, especially as it pertains to clinical psychology (e.g., Borsboom, 2017)....
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