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The Canal Papers
Scott Alexander examines the 'canalization' theory in computational psychiatry and its refinement through deep learning concepts in the Deep CANAL model.
32 min read 4,891 words
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Essays on mental disorders
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You Don't Want A Purely Biological, Apolitical Taxonomy Of Mental Disorders
Scott Alexander argues that a purely biological, apolitical taxonomy of mental disorders is impossible due to ethical and practical considerations that inevitably influence classifications.
10 min read 1,456 words
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Do People Like Their Mental Health Care?
Scott Alexander presents survey results on people's satisfaction with mental health care, showing varied preferences across different types of therapy and conditions.
5 min read 675 words
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SSC Journal Club: Mental Disorders As Networks
The post explores a new model for understanding mental disorders as networks of interconnected symptoms rather than discrete diseases with underlying causes.
19 min read 2,856 words
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The Efficacy Of Everything In Psychiatry In One Graph Plus Several Pages Of Dense But Necessary Explanation
Scott Alexander examines a study comparing the effectiveness of drugs and therapy for psychiatric disorders, discussing the results and methodological limitations of the research.
8 min read 1,167 words