| Title | Symptoms as latent variables. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | McFarland, DJ, Malta, LS |
| Journal | Behav Brain Sci |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pagination | 165-6 |
| Date Published | 06/2010 |
| ISSN | 1469-1825 |
| Keywords | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Humans, Interview, Psychological, Mental Disorders, Models, Psychological, Sleep Disorders, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic |
| Abstract | In the target article, Cramer et al. suggest that diagnostic classification is improved by modeling the relationship between manifest variables (i.e., symptoms) rather than modeling unobservable latent variables (i.e., diagnostic categories such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder). This commentary discusses whether symptoms represent manifest or latent variables and the implications of this distinction for diagnosis and treatment. |
| URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20584384 |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0140525X1000066X |
| Alternate Journal | Behav Brain Sci |
| PubMed ID | 20584384 |
