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Our review introducing HiTOP to German-speaking readers will soon appear in Psychologische Rundschau, reviewed and approved by the Research & Publications Board of the HiTOP Society. English translation now on OSF: doi.org/10.31234/osf... @hitop-system.bsky.social

Pretty excited to have just published our latest video, a clinical case example using HiTOP. This was a team effort with the Clinical Translation Workgroup, but very much led by the brilliant @tashtc.bsky.social ✨ We hope it might be useful, and are keen to hear any feedback! youtu.be/Hl6bA4roCNU

Super excited to share a thread on our recent paper, “Mapping United States federal funding for mental health difficulties from 2020-2024 to the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology: A registered report,” now in press at Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵

Thrilled to share our registered report at Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science! In it, we mapped all funding from NIMH, NIDA, NIAAA, and NICHD from 2020-2024 according to HiTOP (@hitop-system.bsky.social) osf.io/preprints/ps...

Check out Tam's *epic* registered report meta-analysis on HRV and psychopathology in a @hitop-system.bsky.social framework. So excited to see and be a part of this kind of work ✨

Nice write up of @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social's latest work using brain dynamics to study transdiagnostic symptom profiles. @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social, @rutgersbhi.bsky.social, and @rutgersu.bsky.social. Likely of interest to @hitop-system.bsky.social oriented folks.

Congrats to our brilliant President @miriforbes.bsky.social and the whole exec committee for kicking off the #HiTOP2026 conference! @hitop-system.bsky.social

A friendly reminder that registration is open for the HiTOP 2026 Conference! Join us June 4th-6th at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities for our first ever freestanding conference. More information and registration details can be found on our website. www.hitop-system.org/hitop-2026-c...

Frustrated with DSM? Interested in @hitop-system.bsky.social as a potential alternative? Check our latest, led by J Tiego, using a bottom-up approach in a transdiagnostic twin sample evaluating the validity & heritability of the HiTOP model: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Turns out empirically derived phenotypes (data-driven symptom sets) nested within traditional mental disorders can help reduce diagnostic heterogeneity! We learned so much cool and interesting stuff in this study. I could talk (/post) about it all day, but here’s a few highlights (🧵)

A new paper from the HiTOP Revisions Workgroup (and yours truly) on the conceptual and philosophical underpinnings of the framework. Recommended reading for anyone interested in questions of classification and psychopathology! Here’s the journal article: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Excited to share this new paper in JoPaCS! We tested whether HiTOP dimensions generalize across sociodemographic strata with MNLFA. After correcting for measurement noninvariance, @hitop-system.bsky.social dimensions remained broadly generalizable. Link to paper: doi.org/10.1037/abn0...

The Call for Abstracts has been extended until March 2nd, and we're excited about building an engaging scientific program. We hope you'll consider submitting your work, and hope to see you in June!

We investigated the @hitop-system.bsky.social Brief Report (HiTOP-BR) in two German samples. Although there is room for improvement in certain areas, the HiTOP-BR provides a time-efficient and psychometrically acceptable assessment of the 6 HiTOP spectra. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Yesterday our outgoing and incoming Executive Committees for the HiTOP Society met to reflect on how far we've come and where we want to take things in 2026. There are not many things I feel optimistic about right now, but this group is one for sure ✨

The HiTOP Society will have its first free-standing conference this year on June 4-6. The Call for Abstracts is now open, and we hope you'll consider submitting your HiTOP-related work! www.hitop-system.org/hitop-2026-c...

I’m pretty delighted to be part of this awesome group! Can’t wait to work together in this new chapter for HiTOP

Looking for a post-bac RA position focused on the brain bases of affective and psychotic illness? @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring! @cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Our inaugural elections for the HiTOP Society Executive Board are underway! If you're a member you should have received your ballot yesterday. Please vote by November 19th, and thank you for helping shape the future of the society.

I’ve spent the last 8 years(!) working from the position that HiTOP relies too much on analyses of traditional diagnoses, baking in limitations of the DSM, and that we need to move to symptom-level analyses to fix it It turns out that rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up doesn’t change much 💀 1/

Very excited to see this out from @hitop-system.bsky.social! It really seems like these are two literatures poised to advance each other. Looking forward to reading this with my lab.

Next week we will be holding the inaugural elections for the leadership roles in the new HiTOP Society! All members of the Society have a vote, so if you’re not yet a member but are keen to get involved, you can learn more about the Society and how to join here: www.hitop-system.org/join-the-soc...

Neuroticism, Internalizing Psychopathology, and Affective Reactions to Thought Content in Daily Life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

We’ve just published another video on HiTOP that tries to flesh out a bit more how the framework can be helpful in research: youtu.be/q0jOi_Nl1yo We hope it’s useful, and are keen to hear any feedback Thanks again so much to @tashtc.bsky.social for all of her hard work creating this video series ✨

Longitudinal associations of structural and functional brain connectivity with dimensions of psychopathology in adolescence. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...

Look no further for an *excellent* overview of HiTOP! This chapter for the upcoming Oxford Handbook of Dimensional Models in Psychopathology does a fantastic job of pulling everything together. Tam Pham is an absolute superstar and I feel very lucky to work with her ✨ osf.io/preprints/ps...

Don't forget all HiTOP Society members are invited to vote in the current bylaws referendum - closing September 26th. Check your email for details, and reach out if you have any questions!

The validity, reliability and clinical utility of the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) according to DSM-5 revision criteria. doi.org/10.1002/wps....

Predicting epigenetic aging by the transdiagnostic internalizing spectrum vs. depressive and anxiety syndromes. doi.org/10.1002/wps....

Facilitating the implementation of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) in clinical practice: A feasibility study. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1037/pro0...

Beyond symptom improvement: transdiagnostic and disorder-specific ways to assess functional and quality of life outcomes across mental disorders in adults.

Impulsivity and neuroticism share distinct functional connectivity signatures with alcohol-use risk in youth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Validation of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology–Self Report (HiTOP-SR): Internal Structure and Construct Validity against the MMPI-3 in a Community Sample. osf.io/preprints/ps...

🇬🇷 Both of our YouTube videos now have Greek subtitles too, thanks to Christoforos Thomadakis's translation of the script! New video on how HiTOP can be applied in research coming soon too, thanks to Tash's hard work.

The Effects of Trauma Type, Age of Onset, and Sex on Transdiagnostic Psychopathological Traits. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

A growing list already! Thanks to everyone supporting this community by sharing their resources :) You can add yours by sending them to @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 HiTOP Trainee Research Awards!! This year we had two winners: Reilly Diemond @reillydiemond.bsky.social and Marie Zelenina @mariezelenina.bsky.social You can find more information here: www.hitop-system.org/trainee-awar...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 HiTOP Trainee Research Awards!! This year we had two winners: Reilly Diemond @reillydiemond.bsky.social and Marie Zelenina @mariezelenina.bsky.social You can find more information here: www.hitop-system.org/trainee-awar...

A growing list already! Thanks to everyone supporting this community by sharing their resources :) You can add yours by sending them to @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...

Investigating the joint structure and age-invariance of psychopathology and cognition in 112,712 older adults from the UK Biobank: https://osf.io/m2ndt

jneurodevdisorders.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

We’ve just launched the HiTOP Teaching Hub—a space to collect and share materials for teaching dimensional models. If you have anything you're willing to share, please contact @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social or @miriforbes.bsky.social Here's what we have so far: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-teachi...

If you’re open to acting as a local host for the 2026 HiTOP Conference, please get in touch with @miriforbes.bsky.social. We’re looking for inexpensive options (e.g., university spaces, rather than hotels) so very open to ideas or suggestions if you’ve had experience organising this kind of event!