@article{discovery1559744, note = {This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.}, journal = {Journal of Psychopharmacology}, publisher = {SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD}, title = {Confusing preclinical (predictive) drug screens with animal "models' of psychiatric disorders, or "disorder-like' behaviour, is undermining confidence in behavioural neuroscience}, pages = {641--643}, volume = {31}, month = {June}, year = {2017}, number = {6}, issn = {1461-7285}, author = {Stanford, SC}, abstract = {Preclinical (predictive) screens for psychotropic drugs are often used, incorrectly, as animal 'models' of psychiatric disorders, or to study 'disorder-like' behaviours. This misunderstanding is contributing to poor translation and is undermining confidence in behavioural neuroscience. In this editorial, I discuss some of the reasons why the interpretation of results from many of these procedures is dubious because the criteria for validity of the test, as a model of the disorder, have been ignored. Arising from this, I propose that the description of any abnormal behaviour of rodents as a 'model' of a psychiatric disorder, or even 'disorder-like', without evidence-based justification, should be regarded as unacceptable in this journal.}, url = {http://doi.org/10.1177/0269881116689260} }