A network theory of mental disorders

By Denny Borsboom. World Psychiatry, 2017

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Subfields: Biological Psychiatry, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Moving Forward: Challenges and Directions for Psychopathological Network Theory and Methodology (2017, background): “However, the network theory of mental disorders (Borsboom, 2017; Kendler, Zachar, & Craver, 2011; McNally, 2012) was only recently connected to sophisticated psychometric models that allow us to estimate such networks for empirical data (Bringmann et al.”
Network analysis: a brief overview and tutorial (2018, background): “Borsboom’s research on the networks of patterns of interconnected relationships between symptoms of various psychiatric disorders has resulted in the development of a novel network theory of mental disorders (Borsboom, 2017).”
What do centrality measures measure in psychological networks? (2019, background): “…shows that shifting the focus away from single variables, to how the network emerges and behaves as a whole, might reveal more insights into the dynamics of psychopathology, leading to more fruitful therapy approaches (Borsboom, 2017; Cramer et al., 2016; Wichers, Wigman, & Myin-Germeys, 2015).”
Social Anxiety Disorder as a Densely Interconnected Network of Fear and Avoidance for Social Situations (2017, background): “Our findings dovetail with the network theory of mental disorders that conceptualizes networks with strong between-symptom connections as more pathogenic than similar networks with weaker connections (Borsboom 2017).”
Motivation-Achievement Cycles in Learning: a Literature Review and Research Agenda (2021, background): “…how network approaches can be used (1) to model distinctive but highly related motivation and achievement constructs simultaneously and map their relations and (2) to derive hypotheses about which included constructs may be efficient targets for interventions (see Borsboom, 2017, for an overview).”
A Psychometric Network Perspective on the Validity and Validation of Personality Trait Questionnaires (2019, background): “This representation supports the theoretical perspective, often referred to as the network approach (Borsboom, 2008, 2017), that psychological attributes are complex systems of observable behaviours that dynamically and mutually reinforce one another (Schmittmann et al., 2013).”
Transdiagnostic Approaches to Mental Health Problems: Current Status and Future Directions (2020, background): “, & Borsboom, D. (2010). Complex realities require complex theories: Refining and extending the network approach to mental disorders. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 33, 178–193. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10000920 Craske, M. G. (2012). Transdiagnostic treatment for anxiety and depression.”
Comparing network structures on three aspects: A permutation test. (2022, methodology): “Network modeling has been proposed as an alternative to latent variable or common cause modeling of psychological test scores (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Cramer et al., 2010; Richard J. McNally, 2017; Schmittmann et al., 2011).”
Mental Health and Social Contact During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study (2020, methodology): “We answered the third question by estimating dynamic network models, consistent with the network approach to psychopathology (Borsboom, 2017; Fried & Cramer, 2017; Robinaugh et al., 2019).”
A Tutorial on Regularized Partial Correlation Networks (2016, background): “Psychological networks thus offer a different view of item clusters: syndromes such as depression or anxiety disorder in the realm of mental disorders (Cramer et al., 2010; Borsboom, 2017; Fried et al., 2017b), personality facets or domains such as extraversion or neuroticism in personality research”
Bridge Centrality: A Network Approach to Understanding Comorbidity (2019, methodology): “An emerging approach to psychopathology and comorbidity is the network model (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013; Cramer, Waldorp, van der Maas, & Borsboom, 2010; McNally, 2016).”
Hopelessness: A Network Analysis (2018, background): “Future studies could consider deconstructing such items in order to reach the optimal level of granularity for the network components (Borsboom, 2017).”
Emotion Regulation Difficulties Related to Depression and Anxiety: A Network Approach to Model Relations Among Symptoms, Positive Reappraisal, and Repetitive Negative Thinking (2019, background): “According to this perspective, mental disorders do not reflect a latent common cause but arise from complex reciprocal influences between their constituting symptoms (Borsboom, 2017; Borsboom & Cramer, 2013).”
Lack of Theory Building and Testing Impedes Progress in The Factor and Network Literature (2020, background): “However, network theory is based at its core on the idea of self-sustaining interactions among problems, such as the vicious cycle between perceived threat and physiological arousal that can give rise to panic attacks (Borsboom, 2017; Robinaugh, Haslbeck, et al., 2019).”