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Philip Hickey
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Philip Hickey writes Behaviorism and Mental Health, a personal blog at behaviorismandmentalhealth.com about health and philosophy. Since 2015, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Philip Hickey's posts critiquing psychiatric diagnosis, including DSM reliability, the circular definition of schizophrenia, and how bipolar is classified. One commenter called the schizophrenia posts thought-provoking.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Alternative perspective on psychiatry's so-called mental disorders | PHILIP HICKEY, PH.D.
What Hacker News says?
> The point is that there's no clear causation in either direction C.f. my other comment. I think there is good evidence for causation in both directions. > In fact, the DSM definition of major depressive disorder/episode I wouldn't use the DSM definitions of depression due to, among other reasons, the fact that there is very little iter-rater reliability: http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2013/03/30/dsm-5-inter…
Comment linking /2013/03/30/dsm-5-inter-rater-reliability-is-low/
on “When You Are Depressed, Make Something”Submitted Schizophrenia – Not an Illness (2013) as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI think the parent is challenging the circular definition used by psychiatry. Aka you hear voices, therefore you have schizophrenia and you have schizophrenia which is why you hear the voices. For example, I found the following texts thought provoking: http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2010/01/21/schizophren... http://behaviorismandmentalhealth.com/2013/01/03/schizophren...
Comment linking /2013/01/03/schizophrenia-not-an-illness/
on “Understanding schizophrenia: What exactly is schizophrenia?”Submitted SSRI versus placebo in patients with major depressive disorder [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNo. That article proves my point exactly. Bipolar by definition currently may or may not include psychosis(there is no way for the medical provider to distinguish between the 2.) If you did not include psychosis(as the DSM does now), most people with bipolar diagnosis would actually have Schizophrenia because that is the next closest mental illness(which is why there are genetic similarities.) Bundling an angry diso…
Comment linking /2009/09/06/bipolar-disorder-is-not-an-illness/
on “Founder who lived with bipolar for years started a company to tackle the stigma”Submitted Why Is There an Anti-Psychiatry Movement? as a story · 2 points
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