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Highlights From The Comments On Telemedicine Regulations
Scott Alexander responds to comments on his post about new telemedicine regulations, addressing various concerns and criticisms raised by readers.
33 min read 4,965 words
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The Government Is Making Telemedicine Hard And Inconvenient Again
Scott Alexander criticizes new DEA regulations that restrict telemedicine prescriptions for controlled substances, arguing they will harm patients and legitimate practices while failing to prevent abuse.
12 min read 1,817 words
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Study: Ritalin Works, But School Isn't Worth Paying Attention To
Scott Alexander analyzes a study showing Concerta improves ADHD children's attention but not their learning, and speculates on the reasons behind this unexpected result.
10 min read 1,488 words
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Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Tradeoffs And Failures
Scott Alexander examines whether psychiatric conditions result from evolutionary failures or tradeoffs, proposing that most disorders involve a combination of both.
29 min read 4,352 words
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Ontology Of Psychiatric Conditions: Taxometrics
Scott Alexander examines taxometrics in psychiatry, finding that most mental health conditions are dimensional rather than categorical, and discusses the implications for diagnosis and treatment.
31 min read 4,710 words
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Know Your Amphetamines
Scott Alexander examines the history, chemistry, and efficacy of various amphetamine-based ADHD medications, comparing their strengths and weaknesses.
22 min read 3,345 words
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Bureaucracy As Active Ingredient
Scott examines the possibility that bureaucracy sometimes serves as an intentional barrier to discourage unnecessary requests, particularly in healthcare, but questions how widely this concept applies.
4 min read 552 words
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SSC Survey: Scattered Negative Results
Scott Alexander reports on weak correlations and inconclusive results from the latest SSC survey on optical illusions and visual perception.
8 min read 1,180 words
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SSC Survey Results: ADHD And Rejection Sensitivity
Scott analyzes survey data to test the claim that rejection sensitivity is a key feature of ADHD, finding limited support and emphasizing caution in adopting such ideas without formal research.
12 min read 1,719 words
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Adderall Risks: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
Scott Alexander examines the risks of Adderall use, analyzing medical, addiction, tolerance, and neurotoxicity concerns, concluding that the benefits outweigh the risks for well-informed patients.
48 min read 7,424 words
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Links 10/15: Take Back Your Link
A collection of links covering economics, science, history and technology, ranging from historical oddities and new research to cultural developments and scientific discoveries.
19 min read 2,911 words
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Joint Over- and Underdiagnosis
Scott Alexander explains how psychiatric conditions like ADHD can be both over- and underdiagnosed simultaneously, due to statistical quirks in diagnosis and population prevalence.
4 min read 600 words
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Society Is Fixed, Biology Is Mutable
Scott Alexander argues that biological solutions to societal problems may be more effective and easier to implement than social interventions, challenging common perceptions about mutability of human characteristics.
7 min read 935 words
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Weird Psychiatric Ads Of The Seventies
Scott Alexander presents and humorously critiques a series of strange psychiatric drug advertisements from the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting their peculiar imagery and messaging.
11 min read 1,628 words
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Don’t Be An Asch-Hole
Scott Alexander explores a thought experiment based on the Asch conformity experiment to examine the strength and flexibility of personal beliefs and societal norms.
9 min read 1,266 words