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There are methodological issues to consider, but assuming that this figure is correct, how do we make sense of this? At a descriptive level, it shows that the psychological

Burnout & Depression - some thoughts Burnout, unlike major depressive disorder & like grief, is linked to a specific context (excessive & prolonged stress). While MDD is descriptive & acontextual,

There is much about antidepressant withdrawal that requires on-going scientific investigation (it has been a neglected area of research at all), but there is little doubt in my mind that

*A thread*Imagine if u believed (not as a skeptical hypothesis, but genuinely believed) that all psychiatric medications are ineffective & harmful for vast majority of ppl who take them, imagine

Why these 12 facts need to understood in larger context:1. Ok, there are no objective tests. But what does that mean? For that u have to understand the numerous &

Ok, some thoughts on this. A thread:1) Have people forgotten there is a thing called "Adjustment Disorder"?2) Depression as "disease of the brain" narrative is bankrupt; some cases of depression

@SameiHuda takes on the philosophical challenge posed by Davidson's anomalous monism (which, if true, cripples the explanatory potential of clinical neuroscience) & argues that at least some mental functions can