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Mental disorders are not a homogeneous construct

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2006

Joseph Polimeni
Joseph Polimeni*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 3N4, Canada
*
JPolimeni@shaw.ca
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Abstract:

The only commonality between the various psychiatric disorders is that they reflect contemporary problematic behaviors. Some psychiatric disorders have a substantial genetic component, whereas others are essentially shaped by prevailing environmental factors. Because psychiatric ailments are so heterogeneous, any universal explanation of mental illness is not likely to have any clinical or theoretical utility.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 418 - 419
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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