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Psychiatry

How Cookie-Cutter Treatments Are Presented as the Standard of Quality

Alexey Tolchinsky Psy.D. on January 8, 2024

Describing psychotherapy or medication as a "gold standard" is marketing, not science.

Describing psychotherapy or medication as a "gold standard" is marketing, not science.

Depression

A Story of Depression as a Disease

Alexey Tolchinsky Psy.D. on January 1, 2024

Treating depression as a disease is a misleading model that leads to suboptimal treatment choices.

Treating depression as a disease is a misleading model that leads to suboptimal treatment choices.

Psychiatry

A Healthy Human Mind Has Elements of Chaos

Alexey Tolchinsky Psy.D. on December 27, 2023

Calling a mental health condition a disorder can create a bias against healthy and normal chaoticity in mental life.

Calling a mental health condition a disorder can create a bias against healthy and normal chaoticity in mental life.

Psychiatry

Narrative Fallacy in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry

Alexey Tolchinsky Psy.D. on December 21, 2023

Narrative fallacy is a ubiquitous challenge affecting psychotherapy and psychiatry. We can talk about it.

Narrative fallacy is a ubiquitous challenge affecting psychotherapy and psychiatry. We can talk about it.