In contemporary philosophy of psychiatry, one increasingly hears the claim that if mental disorders turn out to be dimensional, the very idea of diagnostic validity may no longer be very important.

In everyday language, the term validity is typically used to describe something as being trustworthy or legit. It's meaning in psychology suggests something similar—it's all about whether we can trust ...

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It is difficult to recall a time when doctors and patients had trouble tracking the presence of glucose and other substances in urine and blood. Lack of sufficient measurement tools made it difficult ...