HiTOP

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The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) is an effort by psychiatric nosologists to improve the organization, description, and measurement of mental health Learn more: lnk.bio/hitop

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 ✨

A screenshot of a Zoom meeting with eleven smiling people

Congratulations to everyone elected to our Society's 2026 Executive Committee! President: Miri Forbes President-Elect: Chris Conway Secretary: Kelsie Forbush Treasurer: Len Simms Trainee Engagement Chair: Caroline Balling Membership Chair: Holly Levin-Aspenson Conference Chair: Martin Sellbom

Photos of the 2026 HiTOP Society Executive Committee, including those in the post as well as Past President Bob Krueger, Executive Chair of the Workgroups Committee David Cicero, and Chair of the Research and Publication Board (ex officio) Roman Kotov

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/

A figure of the results from our study, showing a model that looks remarkably similar to the official HiTOP model. There are also important differences like a pathological introversion domain and a combined hypomania/disinhibition dimension.
PsyArXivBot@psyarxivbot.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Rebuilding HiTOP from the ground up: Symptom-level analyses and a revised mapping to the DSM: https://osf.io/8tm6c

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...

An adapted version of the current HiTOP model, including 'psychosis' and 'emotional dysfunction' superspectra and omitting the homogeneous symptom component/maladaptive traits lists

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!