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Borderline Personality Disorder Traits Associate With Midlife Cardiometabolic Risk [PDF]
This study examined the association of borderline personality disorder traits and depressive mood with cardiometabolic risk in a midlife community sample.
Redefining Phenotypes to Advance Psychiatric Genetics: Implications From Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology [PDF]
This study articulates a testable model that aligns the current understanding of genetic influences on psychopathology with observed patterns of co-occurrence among mental disorders.
Are Fit Indices Used to Test Psychopathology Structure Biased? A Simulation Study [PDF]
Competing structural models of psychopathology are often compared via statistical indices to assess how well each model fits the same data. Results of this simulation study suggest that bifactor models are often erroneously favored over correlated factor models when the simulated data were generated by a correlated factors model with minor misspecifications.
The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP): A Dimensional Alternative to Traditional Nosologies [PDF]
This article introduces a new classification of mental illness, the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology, that aims to address several major shortcomings of traditional taxonomies and provide a better framework for researchers and clinicians.
