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Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review

Psychopathology is a process: it unfolds over time and involves several different factors. To extend our knowledge of such process, it is vital to understand the trajectories that lead to developing and maintaining a specific disorder. The construct of continuity appears very useful to this aim. It...

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Autores principales: Speranza, Anna Maria, Liotti, Marianna, Spoletini, Ilaria, Fortunato, Alexandro
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397301
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194249
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author Speranza, Anna Maria
Liotti, Marianna
Spoletini, Ilaria
Fortunato, Alexandro
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Liotti, Marianna
Spoletini, Ilaria
Fortunato, Alexandro
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description Psychopathology is a process: it unfolds over time and involves several different factors. To extend our knowledge of such process, it is vital to understand the trajectories that lead to developing and maintaining a specific disorder. The construct of continuity appears very useful to this aim. It refers to the consistency, similarity, and predictability of behaviors or internal states across different developmental phases. This paper aims to present a narrative review of the literature on homotypic and heterotypic continuity of psychopathology across the lifespan. A detailed search of the published literature was conducted using the PsycINFO Record and Medline (PubMed) databases. Articles were included in the review based on the following criteria: (1) publication dates ranging from January 1970 to October 2022; and (2) articles being written in the English language. To ensure a thorough investigation, multiple combinations of keywords such as “continuity,” “psychopathology,” “infancy,” “childhood,” “adolescence,” “adulthood,” “homotypic,” and “heterotypic” were used. Articles were excluded if exclusively focused on epidemiologic data and if not specifically addressing the topic of psychopathology continuity. The literature yielded a total of 36 longitudinal studies and an additional 190 articles, spanning the research published between 1970 and 2022. Studies on continuity focus on the etiology of different forms of mental disorders and may represent a fundamental resource from both a theoretical and clinical perspective. Enhancing our understanding of the different trajectories beneath psychopathology may allow clinicians to implement more effective strategies, focusing both on prevention and intervention. Since literature highlights the importance of early detection of clinical signs of psychopathology, future research should focus more on infancy and pre-scholar age.
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spelling pubmed-103079822023-06-30 Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review Speranza, Anna Maria Liotti, Marianna Spoletini, Ilaria Fortunato, Alexandro Front Psychol Psychology Psychopathology is a process: it unfolds over time and involves several different factors. To extend our knowledge of such process, it is vital to understand the trajectories that lead to developing and maintaining a specific disorder. The construct of continuity appears very useful to this aim. It refers to the consistency, similarity, and predictability of behaviors or internal states across different developmental phases. This paper aims to present a narrative review of the literature on homotypic and heterotypic continuity of psychopathology across the lifespan. A detailed search of the published literature was conducted using the PsycINFO Record and Medline (PubMed) databases. Articles were included in the review based on the following criteria: (1) publication dates ranging from January 1970 to October 2022; and (2) articles being written in the English language. To ensure a thorough investigation, multiple combinations of keywords such as “continuity,” “psychopathology,” “infancy,” “childhood,” “adolescence,” “adulthood,” “homotypic,” and “heterotypic” were used. Articles were excluded if exclusively focused on epidemiologic data and if not specifically addressing the topic of psychopathology continuity. The literature yielded a total of 36 longitudinal studies and an additional 190 articles, spanning the research published between 1970 and 2022. Studies on continuity focus on the etiology of different forms of mental disorders and may represent a fundamental resource from both a theoretical and clinical perspective. Enhancing our understanding of the different trajectories beneath psychopathology may allow clinicians to implement more effective strategies, focusing both on prevention and intervention. Since literature highlights the importance of early detection of clinical signs of psychopathology, future research should focus more on infancy and pre-scholar age. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10307982/ /pubmed/37397301 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194249 Text en Copyright © 2023 Speranza, Liotti, Spoletini and Fortunato. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Speranza, Anna Maria
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Spoletini, Ilaria
Fortunato, Alexandro
Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title_full Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title_fullStr Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title_full_unstemmed Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title_short Heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
title_sort heterotypic and homotypic continuity in psychopathology: a narrative review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397301
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194249
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