The Reification of Diagnosis in Psychiatry

Neurotox Res. 2020 Mar;37(3):772-774. doi: 10.1007/s12640-019-00139-2. Epub 2019 Dec 6.

Abstract

Invited commentary on: The neuro-immune and neurotoxic fingerprint of major neuro-cognitive psychosis or deficit schizophrenia: a supervised machine learning study, by Maes et Al.

Keywords: bio-markers; classification; machine learning; mental disorders.

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
  • Humans
  • International Classification of Diseases
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Psychiatry* / methods
  • Psychiatry* / standards
  • Schizophrenia / diagnosis

Substances

  • Biomarkers