Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- Part I General Issues in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- 2 Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment
- 3 Multicultural Issues in Clinical Psychological Assessment
- 4 Ethical and Professional Issues in Assessment
- 5 Contemporary Psychopathology Diagnosis
- 6 Assessment of Noncredible Reporting and Responding
- 7 Technological Advances in Clinical Assessment
- 8 Psychological Assessment as Treatment
- 9 Writing a Psychological Report Using Evidence-Based Psychological Assessment Methods
- Part II Specific Clinical Assessment Methods
- Part III Assessment and Diagnosis of Specific Mental Disorders
- Part IV Clinical Assessment in Specific Settings
- Index
- References
5 - Contemporary Psychopathology Diagnosis
from Part I - General Issues in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 December 2019
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- Part I General Issues in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis
- 2 Psychometrics and Psychological Assessment
- 3 Multicultural Issues in Clinical Psychological Assessment
- 4 Ethical and Professional Issues in Assessment
- 5 Contemporary Psychopathology Diagnosis
- 6 Assessment of Noncredible Reporting and Responding
- 7 Technological Advances in Clinical Assessment
- 8 Psychological Assessment as Treatment
- 9 Writing a Psychological Report Using Evidence-Based Psychological Assessment Methods
- Part II Specific Clinical Assessment Methods
- Part III Assessment and Diagnosis of Specific Mental Disorders
- Part IV Clinical Assessment in Specific Settings
- Index
- References
Summary
Diagnosis and classification for mental disorder are in flux. This transition has downstream consequences on the nature of clinical assessment in research and treatment settings. We begin this chapter by describing the prevailing categorical rubrics, which are the predominant guide to clinical assessment worldwide. These systems, despite their popularity, suffer from serious defects, which have prompted the development of alternate frameworks for conceptualization and assessment of psychopathology. We focus the remainder of the chapter on two prominent contenders to supplement, and perhaps eventually supplant, traditional categorical models. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology is an empirically derived system of the phenotypic dimensions of psychopathology and the Research Domain Criteria represent a biologically oriented approach to understanding risk processes implicated in mental disorder. We describe the promise and challenges facing these two emerging systems, and we speculate about how they will shape the future of clinical assessment.
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