1 Introduction: The concept of validation in psychiatry and psychology
Peter Zachar and Assen Jablensky
Part 2 Matters more philosophical
2 Rethinking received views on the history of psychiatric nosology: Minor shifts, major continuities
Massimiliano Aragona
3 Reality and utility unbound: An argument for dual-track nosologic validation
Adriano C. T. Rodrigues and Claudio E. M. Banzato
4 Validity, realism, and normativity
Dominic Murphy
5 Natural and para-natural kinds in psychiatry
Nigel Sabbarton-Leary, Lisa Bortolotti, and Matthew R. Broome
6 The background assumptions of measurement practices in psychological assessment and psychiatric diagnosis
Jared W. Keeley
7 Neuroimaging in psychiatry: Epistemological considerations
Ivana S. Marková and German E. Berrios
8 Translational validity across neuroscience and psychiatry
Drozdstoj St. Stoyanov, Stefan J. Borgwardt, and Somogy Varga
9 Psychiatry, objectivity, and realism about value
Michael Loughlin and Andrew Miles
10 Scientific validity in psychiatry: Necessarily a moving target?
James Phillips
Part 3 Matters (slightly) more clinical
11 The importance of structural validity
Kathryn L. Jacobs and Robert F. Krueger
12 Validation of psychiatric classifications: The psychobiological model of personality as an exemplar
C. Robert Cloninger
13 Person-centered integrative diagnosis: Bases, models, and guides
Juan E. Mezzich and Ihsan M. Salloum
14 The four domains of mental illness (FDMI): An alternative to the DSM-5
René J. Muller
15 United in diversity: Are there convergent models of psychiatric validity?
Drozdstoj St. Stoyanov and Massimiliano Aragona