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

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

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

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!

Just remember. @hitop-system.bsky.social is a greasroots consortium cum society with vastly fewer resources than APA throws at DSM (and presumably similar for IDC). Most of the work's been done FOR FREE (in kind).

*New preprint* on ND and co-occurring mental health problems from my lab, led by Chiara Caserini! Using longitudinal data from ABCD we asked: What drives poor mental health outcomes in children with high ND traits? Here's brief summary 🧠🌳🏡 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... 1/n

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!

Please consider helping @kathleenwreardon.bsky.social with this project—and sharing it widely—to improve how we approach teaching HiTOP for a variety of groups and end users csufull.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Take this brief survey on how mental health stakeholders (students, researchers, clinicians) learn about HiTOP (@hitop-system.bsky.social) - also including common challenges & misconceptions. csufull.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share to help improve HiTOP education! 💡

Uncovering the structure of psychopathology through large scale text analysis osf.io/preprints/ps...

Comparing Structural Models for Internalizing Pathology: Latent Dimensions, Classes, or a Mix of Both? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

One week to go until HiTOP 2025 in Denver, CO! Virtual and in-person registration are still open. You can find information on the meeting, including the final program, here: www.hitop-system.org/hitop-2025-c... Information for presenters is here: www.hitop-system.org/information-... #HiTOP2025

Exploratory Bifactor Analysis of Symptoms and Traits Highlights Aspects of Psychopathology Inaccessible by Other Methods journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Call for submissions to the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology special issue on transdiagnostic approaches in neuropsychology. Deadline is May 1. Details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Interested in #MRI and #psychiatry? Our lab is hiring a research assistant (@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social)! Please RT and share. @geneticssociety.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @sfnjournals.bsky.social @pgcgenetics.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @blackinneuro.bsky.social

A preliminary brief version of the HiTOP self-report measure (“B-HiTOP”) is now available on our website: www.hitop-system.org/measurement-... 1/2

This handy resource by @caroballing.bsky.social helps translate between the dimensions of the five factor model (Big Five) of personality, the DSM alternative model of personality disorders, the ICD-11 classification of personality disorders, the HiTOP spectra, and the RDoC negative valence domain 📌

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

A longitudinal investigation of the relationship between dimensional psychopathology, gray matter structure, and dementia status in older adulthood www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New diagnosis in psychiatry: beyond heuristics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Structure of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in early adolescence: A comparison of a bifactor and a two-factor model over time and across reporters www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Great letter. Thank you HiTOP 🙏🏽

@kgjonas.bsky.social is such a boss!!! 😍