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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.
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Essays on drug efficacy
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Prescriptions, Paradoxes, and Perversities
Scott Alexander analyzes online drug ratings, finding patients prefer older antidepressants while doctors prefer newer ones, and explores potential explanations for this paradox.
23 min read 3,430 words
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In Defense of Psych Treatment for Attempted Suicide
Scott Alexander defends psychiatric treatment for suicide attempts, arguing that most are impulsive decisions by people with treatable mental disorders rather than rational choices.
26 min read 3,895 words