Impairment in the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology

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The purpose of this paper is to define and describe impairment from the perspective of theHierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP). This work is intended to establish afoundation for the development of a system for assessing impairment to complement HiTOPmeasures of psychopathology. We define impairment as the direct or indirect impact ofpsychopathology that is not itself part of psychopathology, involving (a) difficulty achievingimportant and reasonable personal goals and/or (b) direct or indirect interference with the goalsof others. We articulate seven specific assessment features of a HiTOP-optimal impairmentmeasurement approach and, having found no existing measures with all seven features in areview of the literature, sketch a prototype approach using a case example and outline a planfor generating a suite of tools for assessing impairment from a HiTOP perspective.

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