Cramer2016 - Major Depression as a Complex Dynamic System §
- Type:#article
- Date read: 2022-11-07
- Subject: Depression Network theory of psychopathology
- Bibtex: @cramer2016
- Bibliography: Cramer, A. O. J., Borkulo, C. D. van, Giltay, E. J., Maas, H. L. J. van der, Kendler, K. S., Scheffer, M., & Borsboom, D. (2016). Major Depression as a Complex Dynamic System. PLOS ONE, 11(12), e0167490. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167490
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Key takeaways §
- Strong connections with symptoms -> vulnerability to develop MDD
- A strongly connected network is more likely to end up in a depressed state when pushed by external stressors
- MDD is thought to be a Bistable system where there are two attractor states: depressed and non-depressed
- Domino analogy: close together or far apart

