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    It is not the case that Eliminating categorical diagnoses removes the explanatory framework needed to identify why certain symptoms reliably cluster, reducing psychiatry to mere symptom cataloguing without etiological insight.

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    • 1.Categorical diagnoses themselves may artificially impose clustering; symptoms co-occur partly because diagnostic criteria enforce co-occurrence.
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    • 2.Dimensional and transdiagnostic frameworks (e.g., RDoC) explain symptom relationships through mechanisms like neuroticism or threat-sensitivity without categories.
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    • 3.Many symptom clusters reflect social/environmental factors, not latent diseases—categories mask this by implying natural biological boundaries.
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    • 1.Symptom clustering patterns (e.g., insomnia + anhedonia + guilt) suggest shared biological mechanisms that categories help identify and research.
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    • 2.Without categorical frameworks, clinicians lack standardized language to communicate about recurring patterns, hindering knowledge accumulation.
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    • 3.Dimensional systems alone cannot explain why certain symptom combinations appear frequently while others remain rare across populations.
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