New Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders

Dear Colleagues,

Mental disorders, as with medical disorders in general, are situations that cause biological harm (death or risk of death) or psychosocial harm (distress and disability) in those who suffer from them, and which can, through tested methods (biological, psychotherapeutic), be improved or even eliminated.

However, there are some specificities in psychiatry in relation to the rest of medicine. These range from its causality models (how neurobiological components and psychosocial variables contribute and interact), to the ways to diagnose it (psychometric instruments and semiology and laboratory correlates) and to the ways to treat it (psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, etc.).

These issues mean that research methods (epistemology) in psychiatry must differ, in some aspects, from those used for the study of medical diseases in general. They have some specificities. Models imported directly from the rest of medicine cannot be replicated, which is mostly based on methods used in only natural sciences.

In recent times, new approaches and paradigms have emerged in research carried out in this area. This research topic intends to include research articles and reviews that include innovative topics related to the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Diogo Telles-Correia
Guest Editor

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