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A network theory of mental disorders.

Denny Borsboom
- 01 Feb 2017 - 
- Vol. 16, Iss: 1, pp 5-13
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The network theory has direct implications for how to understand diagnosis and treatment, and suggests a clear agenda for future research in psychiatry and associated disciplines.
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This article is published in World Psychiatry.The article was published on 2017-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1311 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mind-blindness & Psychological intervention.

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Understanding outcomes in family-based treatment for adolescent anorexia nervosa: a network approach.

TL;DR: In this paper, the most central symptoms of adolescent anorexia nervosa (AN) were identified in adolescents who completed the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) prior to family-based treatment (FBT).
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Centrality and bridge symptoms of anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic—a network analysis

TL;DR: In this article , the authors used the network analysis approach to construct an interplay relationship among the above three mental disorders and identify which specific symptoms bridge these aggregations, such as guilt, restlessness, irritability, and feeling afraid.
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A Call for Complexity in the Study of Social Anxiety Disorder. Commentary: The aetiology and maintenance of social anxiety disorder: A synthesis of complementary theoretical models and formulation of a new integrated model.

TL;DR: A Call for Complexity in the Study of social anxiety disorder: A synthesis of complementary theoretical models and formulation of a new integrated model.
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Suicidal behaviour in adolescents: A network analysis.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of conducta suicida in poblacion adolescente mediante el analisis de redes is presented. But, to the best of our knowledge, no se ha analizado the conducta seicida en población adolescente.
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