Stephanie C Kerns, Gary L Beck Dallaghan, Nicole J Borges, Kathryn N Huggett
Where Do We Go From Here? An Inventory of Publicly Available Data About Educator Academies, Medical Education Departments, and Offices of Medical Education
Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
meaning terms validity utility apply psychiatric diagnoses examinedthe authors discuss concepts validity utility disease review assumptions made mental disorders disease entities examine evidence mental disorders separated one another normality natural boundaries zones raritydespite historical recent assumptions contrary little evidence currently recognized mental disorders separated natural boundaries researchers increasingly assuming variation symptoms continuous therefore questioning validity contemporary classificationsit important distinguish validity utility considering psychiatric diagnoses diagnostic categories defined syndromes regarded valid shown discrete entities natural boundaries separate disorders although diagnostic concepts shown valid sense many possess high utility virtue information outcome treatment response etiology convey therefore invaluable working concepts clinicians