Sanislow Co-Authors Article on Diagnosing Mental Disorders

Charles Sanislow, assistant professor of psychology, is the co-author of an article titled “Developing constructs for Psychopathology Research: Research Domain Criteria,” published as the lead story in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, pages 631-639 in 2010. His colleagues from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) contributed to the article.

The article describes the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC), a new approach to diagnosing mental disorders for research purposes. Sanislow is a member of the NIMH working group that is spearheading this effort.