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Relative size of the literatures for psychopathological disorders: Number of articles pertaining to DSM‐iv diagnostic categories
Author(s) -
Sprock June,
Herrmann Douglas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(200004)56:4<491::aid-jclp4>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - psychopathology , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medical diagnosis , clinical psychology , classification of mental disorders , depression (economics) , psychiatry , prevalence of mental disorders , mental health , medicine , economics , macroeconomics , pathology
A computerized search of the 1991–1997 PsycLIT database was used to quantify the size of the literature for each of the DSM‐IV mental disorders. The search included DSM‐IV/IIIR diagnoses and alternative terms for the disorders to provide a complete assessment. Generally it was found that major disorders and those with neurophysiological components were investigated a great deal (there were over 10,000 articles for both major depression and schizophrenia) while there were few articles concerning rare or newly introduced disorders. Within diagnostic groups certain disorders received the preponderance of research attention. Factors related to the degree to which a mental disorder is investigated are discussed. These findings should stimulate consideration of whether clinical research is directing its efforts in a way that best promotes understanding of the nature and treatment of mental disorders. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 56: 491–504, 2000.