Making Sense of the Matrix: A Qualitative Assessment and Commentary on Connecting Psychiatric Symptom Scale Items to the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)

Authors

Leslie Citrome, New York Medical College
Anissa Abi-Dargham
Robert M. Bilder
Ruth A. Duffy
Boadie W. Dunlop
Philip D. Harvey
Diego A. Pizzagalli
Carol A. Tamminga
Roger S. McIntyre
John M. Kane

Author Type(s)

Faculty

Journal Title

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

First Page

26

Last Page

32

Document Type

Editorial

Publication Date

1-2022

Department

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Abstract

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) initiative aims to organize research according to domains of brain function. Dysfunction within these domains leads to psychopathology that is classically measured with rating scales. Examining the correspondence between the specific measures assessed within rating scales and RDoC domains is necessary to assess the needs for new RDoC-focused scales. Such RDoC-focused scales have the potential of allowing translation of this work into the clinical domain of measuring psychopathology and designing treatment. Here, we describe an initial qualitative assessment by a group of 10 clinician-scientists of the alignment between RDoC domains and the items within five commonly used rating scales. In this commentary, we report limited correspondence and make recommendations for future work needed to address these limitations.

Recommended Citation

Citrome, L., Abi-Dargham, A., Bilder, R. M., Duffy, R. A., Dunlop, B. W., Harvey, P. D., Pizzagalli, D. A., Tamminga, C. A., McIntyre, R. S., & Kane, J. M. (2022). Making Sense of the Matrix: A Qualitative Assessment and Commentary on Connecting Psychiatric Symptom Scale Items to the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC). Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, 19 (1-3), 26-32. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_pubs/5041