Is the mainstream construction of mood disorders resistant to systemic thinking?

IntroductionIn this study we explore how the diagnostic category of mood disorders is constructed in two handbooks of Psychopathology as an example of the mainstream construction of psychopathology. Despite the increasing criticism and lack of evidence, the debunked chemical imbalance theory of the...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychiatry
Main Authors:	Lisa C. Fellin, Ekaterina Zizevskaia, Laura Galbusera
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Subjects:	causal explanations systemic explanations psychopathology etiology mood disorders major depression disorder (MDD)
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1270027/full