<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dennis J. McFarland</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Malta, Loretta S</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Symptoms as latent variables.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Behav Brain Sci</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Behav Brain Sci</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Interview, Psychological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mental Disorders</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Models, Psychological</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sleep Disorders</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">06/2010</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20584384</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">165-6</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the target article, Cramer et al. suggest that diagnostic classification is improved by modeling the relationship between manifest variables (i.e., symptoms) rather than modeling unobservable latent variables (i.e., diagnostic categories such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder). This commentary discusses whether symptoms represent manifest or latent variables and the implications of this distinction for diagnosis and treatment.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2-3</style></issue></record></records></xml>