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Numerous discussions emphasize the misleading nature of describing depression as a cause rather than a description, pointing out phrases like 'the scientifically inaccurate causal language' and comparing it to a circular reasoning fallacy. Users highlight the potential harm this misunderstanding could cause, with phrases such as 'confused people can be abused more easily' showcasing a serious tone and urgency about the need for change in how mental health organizations communicate.
There is a general consensus among the discussions that the publication accurately highlights flaws in the current representations of depression.
Many users express curiosity about the distinction between descriptive and causal explanations, indicating a high level of engagement with the topic.
Several discussions delve into the implications of misrepresenting depression, with users referencing specific statements and inviting further analysis.
Participants widely perceive the study as significant in changing how depression is understood and discussed in public forums.
Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 authoritative websites, including the WHO, make this error which reifies depression as if it is a monster that can attack you. https://t.co/pGKO3RjlT0
„Wegen meiner Depressionen bin ich depressiv“ ist das Gleiche wie „Wegen meiner Kopfschmerzen tut mein Kopf weh“. Dennoch stellen lt. dieser Studie ALLE untersuchten offiziellen Webseiten Depressionen als Ursache depressiver Beschwerden dar. Zirkelschluss https://t.co/5wS7Ugihzp
“A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites” by Jani Kajanoja et al. Psychopathology https://t.co/RuPHrFUqYx 3/3
Great article showing how common this (circular) message is in how we talk about depression: "You're feeling depressed because you have depression" https://t.co/hpSQQqq8O8 The authors lay out why this is problematic... https://t.co/TsgJZnGior
Diagnoses in clinical psychology are convenient & descriptive, they’re not explanatory. They’re names for symptoms that tend to go together .. for symptoms with interacting causes that are still too complex for us to thoroughly understand. Psy Books 2024 https://t.co/8QmW4bqaqP https://t.co/dvYXNYNTAs
A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://t.co/251EQ4a2kj
In this video, we cover recent research revealing that many mental health organizations misrepresent depression as a causal explanation rather than a descriptive diagnosis. This can harm public understanding of mental…
“Leading professional medical and psychiatric organizations commonly confound depression, a descriptive diagnostic label, with a causal explanation on their most prominently accessed informational websites.” https://t.co/7N8n083Kfh
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
The real prob with Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai is this...he absolutely nails describing many problems we face. But he, and many others fail totally in diagnosing the true cause of those problems. This is a very wide spread issue. https://t.co/55eY3RC9BG
Investigadores destacan descripciones erróneas de la #depresión por organismos de salud @HealthKarger #Tecnoestrés https://t.co/rfIRQQdisP
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
Misrepresentation of depression in media is part of corrupt #psychiatry plan to confuse ppl confused ppl can be abused more easily --- A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organ… https://t.co/rd4P49D2gn
Circular claims,such as stating tht #depression causes feelings of sadness,mislead public by implying tht the diagnosis itself is an active cause of symptoms rather than descriptive label.Would you agree @EikoFried @pimcuijpers @ChrisWebbPhD @heleenriper https://t.co/j1D1OAzfot
A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://t.co/whzZFtIDnK https://t.co/KizR54ldIW
https://t.co/gDvI1gYOVo
RT @PadbergThorsten: „Wegen meiner Depressionen bin ich depressiv“ ist das Gleiche wie „Wegen meiner Kopfschmerzen tut mein Kopf weh“. Denn…
RT @NeuroscienceNew: “A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organiz…
A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://t.co/251EQ4a2kj
“A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites” by Jani Kajanoja et al. Psychopathology https://t.co/RuPHrFUqYx 3/3
RT @PadbergThorsten: „Wegen meiner Depressionen bin ich depressiv“ ist das Gleiche wie „Wegen meiner Kopfschmerzen tut mein Kopf weh“. Denn…
RT @PadbergThorsten: „Wegen meiner Depressionen bin ich depressiv“ ist das Gleiche wie „Wegen meiner Kopfschmerzen tut mein Kopf weh“. Denn…
„Wegen meiner Depressionen bin ich depressiv“ ist das Gleiche wie „Wegen meiner Kopfschmerzen tut mein Kopf weh“. Dennoch stellen lt. dieser Studie ALLE untersuchten offiziellen Webseiten Depressionen als Ursache depressiver Beschwerden dar. Zirkelschluss https://t.co/5wS7Ugihzp
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
RT @PGtzsche1: Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 au…
Depression is a name for a collection of symptoms. It is a logical fallacy to claim depression causes misery but 16 of 30 authoritative websites, including the WHO, make this error which reifies depression as if it is a monster that can attack you. https://t.co/pGKO3RjlT0
Great article showing how common this (circular) message is in how we talk about depression: "You're feeling depressed because you have depression" https://t.co/hpSQQqq8O8 The authors lay out why this is problematic... https://t.co/TsgJZnGior
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites | Psychopathology | Karger Publishers https://t.co/QhzGtzByLr
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
RT @RadoslawStupak: Leading professional medical and psychiatric organizations commonly confound depression, a descriptive diagnostic labe…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @RadoslawStupak: Leading professional medical and psychiatric organizations commonly confound depression, a descriptive diagnostic labe…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @DrEvgenyLegedin: A study found that the majority of popular websites presented depression as a cause, instead of a description of sympt…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
Diagnoses in clinical psychology are convenient & descriptive, they’re not explanatory. They’re names for symptoms that tend to go together .. for symptoms with interacting causes that are still too complex for us to thoroughly understand. Psy Books 2024 https://t.co/8QmW4bqaqP https://t.co/dvYXNYNTAs
Interesting review article
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @JDaviesPhD: "The scientifically inaccurate causal language in depictions of psychiatric diagnoses is potentially harmful because it lea…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @kayoujosephus:
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @joannamoncrieff: This important paper exposes the commonly promoted misunderstanding that makes depression sound like a brain condition…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
RT @AllenFrancesMD: All diagnoses in psychiatry are purely descriptive- just names for symptoms that tend to go together & help predict cou…
#retweet A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of #Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://t.co/6rTPIOBijS A very IMPRESSIVE list of referenced MH Pros: @AllenFrancesMD, @PGtzsche1, @ReadReadj, etc. to name a few!
A Descriptive Diagnosis or a Causal Explanation? Accuracy of Depictions of Depression on Authoritative Health Organization Websites https://t.co/hVyfBa0qtH via @jussivaltonen et al