Alternatively, if one were to interpret the model used in the current study in the spirit of the latent variable model that was utilized, then the results might support the existence of latent classes of mental disorders. For example, as proposed by Jablensky, it could be hypothesized that each of the classes obtained in the current study are “syndromes” reflecting “facets of the same clinical entity” [42]. If one were to draw analogies from this perspective to medical disorders, applying a structural model to symptoms such as fever and headaches that are common to differing disorders such as bacterial meningitis and influenza, would yield correlated “fever” and “headache” factors. This would not mean that meningitis and influenza are the same, nor would it mean that the fever and headache symptoms are unimportant. On the contrary, it is valuable to know both what general syndrome is present so that the appropriate broadband treatment can be applied (e.g., antibiotics, antivirals, or other medication), as well as what individual symptoms (e.g., fever) require in terms of focal treatment. Thus, information from both levels
