“What is in a name?”—Definition of mental disorder in the last 50 years: a scoping review, according to the perspective of clinical psychology

BackgroundSince ancient times, and later in the 17th and 18th centuries, scholars have sought to classify mental disorders. However, it wasn’t until the late 1970s, with the work of Spitzer and Endicott and the publication of the DSM-III, that a formal definition of mental disorder was established....

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Main Authors: Donatella Rita Petretto, Alessandro Mura, Gian Pietro Carrogu, Luca Gaviano, Riccardo Atzori, Mattia Vacca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545341/full
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