RDoC: integration or separation of neuroscience and psychopathology?

Abstract

The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project, the neurobiological research flagship in psychiatry, was originally introduced as an alternative to the traditional DSM and ICD classifications. However, RDoC and ICD / DSM can become complementary, rather than mutually exclusive. The clinical psychopathological method remains valuable because it’s the only source of directly observable data. Computational science is a promising tool for combining psychopathological and neurobiological data in future.