A recently released study has revealed that symptoms of mental disorders such as depression and anxiety present in predictably structured ways.
The study, led by researchers from Yale University and Ben-Gurion University (BGU), challenges the belief that the broad criteria used to diagnose mental disorders might lead to unreliable diagnoses due to the vast number of possible symptom combinations.
The researchers suspected that there might be patterns in symptom combinations across all mental disorders and carried out their study on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, one of the most used classification systems for mental disorders.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that while there are numerous potential combinations of symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis, most of these combinations are rarely observed in real-world scenarios.
The findings confirmed that certain symptoms are more common and more likely to occur together, indicating that mental disorder symptoms are not random but follow predictable patterns.
The researchers said their study suggests that the broad criteria for diagnosing mental disorders may not negatively impact the accuracy of diagnoses in practice.
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