The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project and Studies of Risk and Resilience in Maltreated Children

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dc.contributor.authorKaufman, J., Gelernter, J., Hudziak, J. J., Tyrka, A. R., & Coplan, J. D.
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-18T20:35:13Z
dc.date.available2017-04-18T20:35:13Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractObjective: The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) project was initiated to develop, for research purposes, new ways of classifying mental disorders based on dimensions of observable behavior and neurobiological measures. This article reviews the rationale behind the RDoC program, its goals, and central tenets; discusses application of an RDoC framework to research with maltreated children; and highlights some clinical implications of this work. Method: Published RDoC papers were reviewed, together with relevant preclinical and clinical studies that guide our work on risk and resilience in maltreated children. Results: The ultimate long-term goal of the RDoC initiative is precision medicine in psychiatry. In the interim, the RDoC initiative provides a framework to organize research to help develop the database required to derive a new psychiatric nomenclature that can appropriately match treatments to patients. The primary focus of RDoC is on neural circuitry, with levels of analyses that span from molecules to behavior. There has been some concern that the RDoC framework is reductionist, with an overemphasis on neural circuits and genetics; however, the briefly reviewed, burgeoning literature on neuroplasticity and epigenetics highlights that this concern is unwarranted, as one cannot study neural circuits and genetics without considering experience. Conclusion: The study of maltreated children has a number of advantages for the RDoC project, including the following: study of a subset of patients who are often not responsive to standard interventions; examination of a relatively homogenous sample with onset of psychopathology proposed to be associated with stress-related mechanisms; and well-established, relevant animal models to facilitate translational research. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationKaufman, J., Gelernter, J., Hudziak, J. J., Tyrka, A. R., & Coplan, J. D. (2015). The Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project and studies of risk and resilience in maltreated children. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 54(8), 617-625.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515569/pdf/nihms698920.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3317
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatryen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectpsychological effectsen_US
dc.subjecttaxonomyen_US
dc.subjectterminologyen_US
dc.subjectliterature reviewen_US
dc.titleThe Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Project and Studies of Risk and Resilience in Maltreated Childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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