TY - JOUR T1 - Clinical staging in severe mental disorders: Bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia JO - Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) T2 - AU - de la Fuente-Tomas,Lorena AU - Sánchez-Autet,Mónica AU - García-Álvarez,Leticia AU - González-Blanco,Leticia AU - Velasco,Ángela AU - Sáiz Martínez,Pilar A. AU - Garcia-Portilla,María P. AU - Bobes,Julio SN - 21735050 M3 - 10.1016/j.rpsmen.2018.08.002 DO - 10.1016/j.rpsmen.2018.08.002 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-revista-psiquiatria-salud-mental-486-articulo-clinical-staging-in-severe-mental-S2173505019300184 AB - Clinical staging is a diagnostic tool used in other medical specialties, which has resulted from the combination of a categorical and dimensional approach. In the last 2 decades, the usefulness of its application in the field of psychiatry has been suggested, mainly as a tool for diagnostic help, and therapeutic and prognostic orientation.In this paper we review the clinical staging models that have been proposed to date for bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia. A literature search was performed in PubMed and Medline databases. A total of 15 studies were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.Models were grouped according to the type of disorder for which staging was proposed (bipolar disorder: 4, depression: 5, schizophrenia: 6), and their characteristics were described.As a conclusion, we identify the need to empirically validate these models to demonstrate that staging is a useful tool for clinical practice. ER -