JAMA Psychiatry: No evidence that psychiatric treatments produce “successful outcomes”
Peter Simons
Lancet Psychiatry: We Are Undervaluing the Placebo Effect
“A recent study of brain stimulation for depression found that the placebo group (sham treatment) showed more improvement than the group that received actual brain stimulation.“ This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “ In a new article in Lancet Psychiatry…
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Researchers question the foundational assumptions of neuropsychology
This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Why does psychology struggle so much to achieve meaningful findings? In what has been termed the “replication crisis,” psychology’s much-hyped positive findings typically fail to replicate in later studies , leaving uncertainty about…
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The Faulty Reasoning That Turned ADHD Into a Disease
Despite More Treatments for Depression, Prevalence Doesn’t Decrease—Why?
Common Statistical Method Conflates Withdrawal with Relapse
Listening to the Patient Voice: The Antidepressant Withdrawal Experience
“’A total of 97% of respondents were offered a prescription on their initial consultation with a doctor, 5% reported being offered talking therapy, and 0.6% were offered lifestyle advice (with some patients offered more than one option).’According to the researchers,…
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