Psychiatry Res September 2019 PMID 31279246

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification.

Kate Allsopp, John Read, Rhiannon Corcoran, Peter Kinderman

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Discussions highlight the problematic heterogeneity within psychiatric diagnosis, citing the paper as evidence that DSM-5 categories are scientifically questionable. Words like 'meaningless' and 'flawed' reflect a critical tone, and references to trauma and individual experiences suggest a shift toward more personalized approaches, indicating the debates' deep engagement and potential impact on future psychiatric models.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions acknowledge flaws in traditional diagnostic systems, supporting the article's critique of heterogeneity.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest, with many referencing specific studies, critiques, and advocating for reconceptualizing psychiatric diagnosis.

EngagementHigh engagement

Multiple posts critically analyze the methods and implications of diagnostic categories, indicating deep engagement.

ImpactHigh impact

Posts emphasize the significance of this research in challenging established frameworks, suggesting potential shifts in psychiatric practice.

Abstract in brief

  • The text explores the complexity and variability within the DSM-5's psychiatric disorder categories, highlighting how heterogeneity exists across different diagnostic criteria like symptoms, duration, severity, and assessment perspectives.
  • It discusses how symptoms often overlap between categories and how trauma plays a role across multiple disorders, complicating the traditional notion of discrete diagnostic boxes.
  • The author suggests that a flexible, pragmatic approach to psychiatric diagnosis, which considers individual experiences and causal pathways, might be more effective than rigidly sticking to the categorical model, especially since it can oversimplify and obscure personal and causal differences.]

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Rose McCabe
@RoseMcCabe2 · X

What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in managing distress than diagnostic categories: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/taIdID9cfh

Jul 11, 2019 · 17 likes · 5 shares · 1,337 followers View post →
Juan Carlos Delgado
@BabinskiNeuro · X

Por otro lado, se ha utilizado un paper publicado en 2019 por Kate Allsopp et al, para decir que los diagnósticos psiquiátricos son “inservibles”, cuando el paper clara es una revisión y crítica al DSM-5, no a la psiquiatría como rama. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.07.005 https://t.co/ZmCteGFsTJ

Apr 5, 2022 · 12 likes · 909 followers View post →
Christian Webb
@ChrisWebbPhD · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/Sv4PP4M2BP

Jul 9, 2019 · 8 likes · 1 share · 3,432 followers View post →
MiguelCorderoVega
@macordero · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/iqWQrj0VCI

Aug 31, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 3,449 followers View post →
Peter Kinderman
@peterkinderman · X

@Coucou_CFC @StijnVanheule It's: Allsopp, K., Read, J., Corcoran, R. & Kinderman, P. (2019) "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" Psychiatry Research. 279: 15-22. Here: https://t.co/i5ARbz24Cp

Nov 27, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 16,345 followers View post →
Cristian Montenegro
@Cris_Monteneg · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/wInYo1GVWi

Jul 8, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 3,093 followers View post →

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Chris founier
@ChrisFounier · X

@Hugo_Baup Et comme les diagnostics psy ont peu de valeur... https://t.co/kmccqCWV3X

Mar 20, 2024 · 17 followers View post →
Marvella
@ATX_Mare · X

@hubermanlab @StanfordMed @Stanford Why is the shared neurobiological "footprint" between autism and PTSD (Golan et al 2022, Haruvi Lambdan et al 2020) rarely discussed? Esp in light of heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification now understood as meaningless w/o trauma screening (Allsopp et al 2019).

Oct 27, 2023 · 382 followers View post →
ousiologist
@ousiologist · X

@salanaland @BadMedicalTakes See also: The Loss of Sadness, Horwitz & Wakefield https://t.co/gVEvyrtMWt https://t.co/DplaoYw0Cx https://t.co/WwYpbSVlWF

Mar 1, 2023 · 114 followers View post →
Juan Carlos Delgado
@BabinskiNeuro · X

Por otro lado, se ha utilizado un paper publicado en 2019 por Kate Allsopp et al, para decir que los diagnósticos psiquiátricos son “inservibles”, cuando el paper clara es una revisión y crítica al DSM-5, no a la psiquiatría como rama. DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.07.005 https://t.co/ZmCteGFsTJ

Apr 5, 2022 · 12 likes · 909 followers View post →
Peter Kinderman
@peterkinderman · X

@polarprincess7 @awaisaftab Well, that’s a reasonable synonym, yes: https://t.co/erzEaItmJM

Dec 8, 2021 · 16,345 followers View post →
Gabriella Orsini
@GabriellaOrsin0 · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/J0dLZmhxJ9 …To understand distress psychiatric assessments should recognise individual experience rather than maintaining commitment to a disingenuous categorical system

Oct 12, 2021 · 63 followers View post →
James Kerwin
@JamesKerwin9 · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/ntFARibRvz

Jul 1, 2020 · 142 followers View post →
James Kerwin
@JamesKerwin9 · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/aYd3cdvo0j

Jul 1, 2020 · 142 followers View post →
Peter Kinderman
@peterkinderman · X

RT @iainjordan: @TheLancetPsych @EikoFried "...and when five other commonly made diagnoses are seen alongside these two, this figure rises…

May 21, 2020 · 1 share · 16,345 followers View post →
Iain Jordan
@iainjordan · X

@TheLancetPsych @EikoFried "...and when five other commonly made diagnoses are seen alongside these two, this figure rises to one quintillion symptom combinations - more than the number of stars in the Milky Way" Quote from @ReadReadj @peterkinderman https://t.co/6az4xS0UOR

May 21, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 384 followers View post →
Patrick Lockwood
@AlobhaPatrick · X

RT @JDHaltigan: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/DDCfInsFru

Apr 5, 2020 · 1 share · 4,998 followers View post →
J.D. Haltigan, PhD
@JDHaltigan · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/DDCfInsFru

Apr 5, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 37,259 followers View post →
のほほん堂
@nohohondo · X

うーーーーん。DSM-5の診断基準、統合失調症や双極性障害、うつ病、不安障害などへの疑義について。 / “Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. - PubMed - NCBI” https://t.co/iczVfoRc26

Jan 30, 2020 · 1,672 followers View post →
Thierry Baubet
@TBaubet · X

RT @dr_bjork: Read "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" (https://t.co/FpVcDqFjBN) and wrote a short blog post: https:/…

Dec 1, 2019 · 2 shares · 14,157 followers View post →
Alfred Granell
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Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/prVSW48S0w

Nov 28, 2019 · 1,601 followers View post →
Peter Kinderman
@peterkinderman · X

@Coucou_CFC @StijnVanheule It's: Allsopp, K., Read, J., Corcoran, R. & Kinderman, P. (2019) "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" Psychiatry Research. 279: 15-22. Here: https://t.co/i5ARbz24Cp

Nov 27, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 16,345 followers View post →
Pere Joan Sala
@Fradbius · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/f3PtoLPVFM

Sep 30, 2019 · 251 followers View post →
A Lenape Jawn in Scotland
@Mitsawokett_UK · X

RT @scrappapertiger: The paper is actually titled 'Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification'. (Some interesting stuff about t…

Sep 18, 2019 · 1 share · 3,547 followers View post →
Sergii Tukaiev
@byzant69 · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/UPMUn2zIrf

Sep 16, 2019 · 170 followers View post →
Sonny Hallett
@scrappapertiger · X

The paper is actually titled 'Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification'. (Some interesting stuff about trauma in there too)

Sep 15, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 2,855 followers View post →
desastroeses_hoernchen #MHNursingIsPolitical
@desastroeses · X

Allsopp, K., Read, J., Corcoran, R., & Kinderman, P. (2019). Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. Psychiatry Research, 279, 15–22. https://t.co/RrhIR6FwI3

Sep 15, 2019 · 1,335 followers View post →
MiguelCorderoVega
@macordero · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/iqWQrj0VCI

Aug 31, 2019 · 5 likes · 1 share · 3,449 followers View post →
Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/OCPzEoBRfz

Jul 30, 2019 · 12,802 followers View post →
Aurélie Aeberhard
@aurelieaeb · X

RT @gifted_douance: Finally someone is questioning the scientific basis of the DMS as the tool of choice to #diagnose #mentalhealth. About…

Jul 28, 2019 · 1 share · 13 followers View post →
Graeme Wadlow
@dolfrog · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/L55lrngqlT

Jul 26, 2019 · 775 followers View post →
Dr. Björk Ψ
@dr_bjork · X

Read "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" (https://t.co/FpVcDqFjBN) and wrote a short blog post: https://t.co/GV55JS0Soo (Trying to get back to some kind of academic reading and writing.)

Jul 26, 2019 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 27 followers View post →
Read Write.as
@readwriteas · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification — by Musings of Dr. Björk #writing #amwriting #writeas https://t.co/XFSMBRxEJC

Jul 26, 2019 · 435 followers View post →
Stefan Björk
@fenomenologen · X

RT @dr_bjork: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/GV55JS0Soo

Jul 26, 2019 · 1 share · 385 followers View post →
Dr. Björk Ψ
@dr_bjork · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/GV55JS0Soo

Jul 26, 2019 · 1 share · 27 followers View post →
CNWL Education & Libraries
@CNWLlibraries · X

Great article: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. https://t.co/PhDH1bCoPb #ReadByQxMD

Jul 26, 2019 · 534 followers View post →
Talk Spectrum
@KristenConkli11 · X

#Psychiatry Research Volume 279, September 2019, Pages 15-22. Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. The DSM "a disingenuous categorical system." https://t.co/lR2ettN1q5

Jul 18, 2019 · 379 followers View post →
Dr. Björk Ψ
@dr_bjork · X

@peterkinderman Hi Peter, I was trying to read https://t.co/FpVcDqFjBN but it seems my alma mater does not have access to Psychiatry Research. Do you think you could send me a PDF?

Jul 18, 2019 · 27 followers View post →
Stephen Pimentel
@StephenPiment · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/vlAJf9D74d

Jul 17, 2019 · 12,802 followers View post →
@mbalter — investigations and commentary
@mbalter · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification [$, unfortunately, an extremely important paper which basically concludes that psychiatric diagnostic categories are scientifically meaningless.] #psychiatry https://t.co/7eeB8AnYCl

Jul 17, 2019 · 1 like · 11,500 followers View post →
Naomi Watt
@whatvet · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/p0iN9BnfGF

Jul 12, 2019 · 52 followers View post →
alakazam
@norazam312 · X

RT @HiTOP_system: @DrMcFillin_PsyD Link to the paper: "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" by Allsopp et al 2019 https…

Jul 12, 2019 · 1 share · 122 followers View post →
@paul-klauser.bsky.social
@DrPaulK · X

RT @ESCAPonline: The flaws of the DSM-5 classification by Kate Allsopp et al. in Psychiatry Research "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnost…

Jul 12, 2019 · 2 shares · 325 followers View post →
Diego Forero MD, PhD
@daforerog · X

The conclusions of the review article "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" are very different to the news @NeuroscienceNew @ibroSecretariat @els_psychiatry https://t.co/813PlqP2Zd https://t.co/G1AxODiAwp

Jul 12, 2019 · 1 like · 1,599 followers View post →
Čongor Nadj / Nagy Csongor
@CongorN · X

A study that analyzed key contents of a classic mental health handbook has questioned whether psychiatric diagnosis to identify distinct conditions has any scientific value. Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/jp0E3hECa0

Jul 11, 2019 · 246 followers View post →
Rosa Ritunnano
@RRitunnano · X

RT @RoseMcCabe2: What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in mana…

Jul 11, 2019 · 5 shares · 6,996 followers View post →
Neil Hall
@NeilHall7 · X

RT @RoseMcCabe2: What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in mana…

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Alison Mackiewicz
@AlisonAlm53 · X

RT @RoseMcCabe2: What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in mana…

Jul 11, 2019 · 5 shares · 320 followers View post →
Cléa
@Zenon8703 · X

RT @AurelG7: Heterogeneity in psychiatric #diagnostic #classification | #limits #psychiatry #trauma https://t.co/B5HfnaWLiR

Jul 11, 2019 · 1 share · 7,761 followers View post →
Dr Catherine Talbot
@CatherineTalb · X

RT @RoseMcCabe2: What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in mana…

Jul 11, 2019 · 5 shares · 3,850 followers View post →
Prof Andrea Lamont-Mills (she/her)
@ALamontMills · X

RT @RoseMcCabe2: What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in mana…

Jul 11, 2019 · 5 shares · 558 followers View post →
Rose McCabe
@RoseMcCabe2 · X

What ppl with lived experience have been saying for years: Understanding individual experience may be more helpful in managing distress than diagnostic categories: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/taIdID9cfh

Jul 11, 2019 · 17 likes · 5 shares · 1,337 followers View post →
Gifted-Douance
@gifted_douance · X

Finally someone is questioning the scientific basis of the DMS as the tool of choice to #diagnose #mentalhealth. About time too... https://t.co/0J3ao1UI54 Maybe #theoryofpositivedisintegration will soon be shown to have value? https://t.co/Qm1KjpTNXP

Jul 10, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 134 followers View post →
Patrick Alexander Wachholz
@DrPatrickLTC · X

Interesting article! In older persons this reflexion seems even more appropriate! Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/1fllnlzGtC

Jul 10, 2019 · 1 like · 316 followers View post →
Polo Maldonado Martínez
@Thymocrat · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/fvUoxJzGGR

Jul 10, 2019 · 2,735 followers View post →
Cristian Pérez-Tapia
@Crisanpeta · X

@drannrobinson1 @guardian @peterkinderman @WesselyS @DSM5 @LivUni Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification Allsopp & Kinderman, 2019 https://t.co/q7RUQ9gMWZ

Jul 10, 2019 · 733 followers View post →
anna xygkou
@anna_ksigou · X

RT @ESCAPonline: The flaws of the DSM-5 classification by Kate Allsopp et al. in Psychiatry Research "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnost…

Jul 10, 2019 · 2 shares · 993 followers View post →
sir kent norton Golden Eagle Consultant
@sirkentnorton · X

But the bottom line is the “golden rule”. He or she who has the gold simply rules. Insurance companies have a big problem because they need a diagnosis code to get paid but unfortunately the codes are basically fantasy A new... https://t.co/aifuhWYUCw

Jul 10, 2019 · 1,149 followers View post →
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@Tarik_Endale · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/AsUtmZcbmP

Jul 10, 2019 · 4,990 followers View post →
ESCAP
@ESCAPonline · X

The flaws of the DSM-5 classification by Kate Allsopp et al. in Psychiatry Research "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" #DSM5 #diagnosis #psychiatry https://t.co/2Kr9tBA9BZ

Jul 10, 2019 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 2,050 followers View post →
Helen Combes
@coombes119 · X

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Jul 10, 2019 · 170 followers View post →
Raquel
@PsicoForRKL · X

RT @psicopeix: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. https://t.co/H14MOwpaXA

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 share · 1,549 followers View post →
Dr. David L. Katz
@DrDavidKatz · X

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Jul 9, 2019 · 42,990 followers View post →
Carlos Mirapeix.
@psicopeix · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. https://t.co/H14MOwpaXA

Jul 9, 2019 · 2 likes · 1 share · 4,340 followers View post →
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@yourbadassmf · X

Allsopp, K., Read, J., Corcoran, R., & Kinderman, P. (2019). Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification. Psychiatry Research.

Jul 9, 2019 · 371 followers View post →
Daniel P. Moriarity
@dp_moriarity · X

RT @ChrisWebbPhD: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/Sv4PP4M2BP

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 share · 5,602 followers View post →
Raibeart #YES
@BobHunterMD · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/xZVRSbliIT

Jul 9, 2019 · 2,307 followers View post →
The Boy Who Lived
@AndrewR79336807 · X

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Jul 9, 2019 · 1,042 followers View post →
Christian Webb
@ChrisWebbPhD · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/Sv4PP4M2BP

Jul 9, 2019 · 8 likes · 1 share · 3,432 followers View post →
HiTOP
@HiTOP_system · X

@DrMcFillin_PsyD Link to the paper: "Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification" by Allsopp et al 2019 https://t.co/Q5dWuLNHfo

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 4,383 followers View post →
Renzo Lanfranco
@Renzo_Lanfranco · X

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Jul 9, 2019 · 879 followers View post →
Elaine C Flores Eng/Spa
@Osahermosa2010 · X

RT @Cris_Monteneg: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/wInYo1GVWi

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 share · 934 followers View post →
AurelG
@AurelG7 · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric #diagnostic #classification | #limits #psychiatry #trauma https://t.co/B5HfnaWLiR

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 30 followers View post →
Endocrine News
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RT @Endocrine_bio: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification.: The theory and practice of psychiatric diagnosis are central ye…

Jul 9, 2019 · 1 share · 374 followers View post →
Kamalika Roy
@KamalikaRoyMD · X

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Jul 9, 2019 · 220 followers View post →
Jose Maria Restrepo
@chemarestrepo · X

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Jul 8, 2019 · 255 followers View post →
Cristian Montenegro
@Cris_Monteneg · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/wInYo1GVWi

Jul 8, 2019 · 3 likes · 1 share · 3,093 followers View post →
Endocrine News
@Endocrine_bio · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification.: The theory and practice of psychiatric diagnosis are central yet contentious. This paper examines the heterogeneous nature of categories within the DSM5 how this heterogeneity is expressed across… https://t.co/2oXZKlaZmE

Jul 7, 2019 · 1 share · 374 followers View post →
Scarlett Franks
@scarlettrfranks · X

When an article becomes available ONE WEEK after you submit a paper on this very topic: "Trauma has a limited causal role in DSM-5, despite research evidence to the contrary." Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - by Allsop et al. https://t.co/LX7bGVuZgt

Jul 5, 2019 · 4,070 followers View post →
alice andrews
@aliceandrews · X

RT @mbalter: Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification [Ie, are #psychiatric diagnostic categories real?] #psychiatry https://…

Jul 5, 2019 · 1 share · 2,648 followers View post →
@mbalter — investigations and commentary
@mbalter · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification [Ie, are #psychiatric diagnostic categories real?] #psychiatry https://t.co/7eeB8AnYCl

Jul 5, 2019 · 1 like · 1 share · 11,500 followers View post →
Karma Tjösang
@Kersnil · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification - ScienceDirect https://t.co/rRxRuoiIft

Jul 5, 2019 · 152 followers View post →
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@JudithHaire · X

Heterogeneity in psychiatric diagnostic classification https://t.co/kPV2mTWEK5

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