Ahn Woo-kyoung, Flanagan Elizabeth H, Marsh Jessecae K, Sanislow Charles A
Yale University, CT 06520, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2006 Sep;17(9):759-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2006.01779.x.
Do people believe mental disorders are real and possess underlying essences? The current study found that both novices and practicing clinicians held weaker essentialist beliefs about mental disorders than about medical disorders. They were also unwilling to endorse the idea that mental disorders are real and natural. Furthermore, compared with novices, mental health clinicians were less likely to endorse the view that there is a shared cause underlying a mental disorder and that one needs to remove the cause to get rid of the mental disorder. Clinicians were polarized on their views about whether mental disorders are categorical or dimensional. These findings reflect current controversies about mental disorders in the field at large.
人们是否相信精神障碍是真实存在的且具有潜在本质？当前的研究发现，新手和执业临床医生对精神障碍持有的本质主义信念比对医学疾病的本质主义信念更弱。他们也不愿意认同精神障碍是真实且自然的这一观点。此外，与新手相比，心理健康临床医生不太可能认同精神障碍存在共同病因且需要消除病因以摆脱精神障碍这一观点。临床医生在精神障碍是分类的还是维度的这一问题上观点两极分化。这些发现反映了整个领域当前关于精神障碍的争议。
