Mental disorders are not a homogeneous construct
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 29 (4):418-419 (2006)
| 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. (Published Online November 9 2006). | |||||||||
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