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Realism affords HiTOP Explanatory Power
Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology, Vol.33(2), pp.197-199
06/2026
Web of Science ID: WOS:001793843100001
Abstract
The goal of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) "is to accurately describe patterns of covariation among features of mental illness." In doing so, the HiTOP model is not intended to be causal model. Although the model may incorporate traits whose provenance or evidentiary basis is in latent variable models, the HiTOP model itself is not a latent variable model. An acceptable HiTOP model allows a mental health professional to construct an individualized HiTOP profile; it also serves as a starting point for inquiry regarding the etiology of mental illness. HiTOP models are intended to be atheoretical only in the sense that causal models do not inform them. (Excerpt from text)
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- Title
- Realism affords HiTOP Explanatory Power
- Publication Details
- Philosophy, psychiatry & psychology, Vol.33(2), pp.197-199
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 3
- Copyright
- © 2026 by Johns Hopkins University Press
- Identifiers
- WOS:001793843100001; 99381828858306600
- Academic Unit
- History and Philosophy; College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities
- Language
- English