statistics – A New Vision for Mental Health

“Clear evidence” for serotonin hypothesis of depression?

Author: Editorial 7th November 2022 0 Comments

This post by Dr. Eiko Fried has been published on his blog site Measurement, modeling & complexity of mental health. It begins: “There has been a 60 year long discussion on the role of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the pathophysiology of…
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a coherent system

antidepressants, depression, Eiko Fried, Joanna Moncrieff, Research, serotonin, serotonin hypothesis, SSRI, statistics

Common Statistical Method Conflates Withdrawal with Relapse

Author: Editorial 21st April 2022 0 Comments

“Researchers argue that common study methods for psychiatric drugs may inadvertently minimize withdrawal effects and inflate drug efficacy.“ This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Survival analysis is a statistical technique often used to…
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BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, drug withdrawal, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Joanna Moncrieff, Mad in America, Peter Simons, relapse, Research, statistics, Survival analysis

“I’m Normal” and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves

Author: Editorial 10th November 2021 0 Comments

This article – subtitled “Why we are misled by statistics” – has been written by Dr. Steven C. Hayes and published in Psychology Today. It begins: “Our minds think in terms of categories and concepts. It comes easy to us. It’s…
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abnormality, averages, depression, ergodic theorem, New Approaches, normality, psychology, Psychology Today, statistics, Steven C. Hayes

Be gone Mr Pearson’s correlations coefficient! – Statistics and the Dead Poet’s Society

Author: Editorial 21st June 2021 0 Comments

This blog post comes from Renée Spencer, a community mental health practitioner with experience and training in teaching, counseling, art therapy, and psychology. It begins: “‘Rip, Rip, Rip … this is a battle, a war, and the casualties could be your heart…
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Culture & Society, Dead Poet’s Society, psychology, Renée Spencer, statistics