Sentence examples for diagnostic construct from inspiring English sources

We use the Cantwell modifications of the Robins and Guze diagnostic construct to examine the diagnostic validity and treatment implications of children with ADHD and some manic symptoms.

These findings favor the validity of the new diagnostic construct.

This leaves us with a dilemma - how valid is a diagnostic construct of amphetamine induced psychosis?

This finding suggests persistence of the abnormalities in underlying processes and provides external validation for the diagnostic construct of AD-ADHD.

There is some support in the literature for an association between reduction in positive bias and depression assessed as a categorical diagnostic construct.

Most importantly, as PTSD is a heterogeneous diagnostic construct, a pathobiological feature common to all its different symptoms must not necessarily exist.

Self-criticism is a trans-diagnostic construct that has been receiving considerable research and clinical attention.

DSM-5 CUD was an improvement over DSM-IV diagnosticonstructsts by raising the threshold for diagnosis.

Our diagnostic constructs might have little to do with the underlying etiologies.

Our emphasis is on utility, not on validity of diagnostic constructs (Kraemer and Kupfer 2006).

Our concern about utility of validity of current diagnostic constructs is shared by others (e.g. Angst 2007).