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SUBMITTER: Caspi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4209412 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science 20140301 2
Mental disorders traditionally have been viewed as distinct, episodic, and categorical conditions. This view has been challenged by evidence that many disorders are sequentially comorbid, recurrent/chronic, and exist on a continuum. Using the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, we examined the structure of psychopathology, taking into account dimensionality, persistence, co-occurrence, and sequential comorbidity of mental disorders across 20 years, from adolescence to midlife ...[more]