James C.Coyne
Irreverent, socially conscious Clinical Health Psychologist, #Skeptic debunking hype. Teaching scientists how to promote their work without it. Views my own.
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Procrastination: Genetic, Anatomical And Functional Differences Sway Separately
In women, the tendency toward procrastination is associated with a genetic predisposition towards a higher level of dopamine in the brain. Researchers from Ruhr
Autism: stem cell clinics are offering treatments despite lack of evidence it works
To successfully treat people with stem cells, you first need to know which cells are faulty.
James C.Coyne
#Autism: stem cell clinics are offering treatments despite lack of evidence it works. Therapies aren’t supported by scientific evidence and they are expensive – around £10,000.
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Association between household food insecurity and mortality in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 households in Canada, with serious health consequences. We investigated the association between household food insecurity and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.
METHODS: We assessed the food...
Gregorian University to ‘review’ bishop’s allegedly plagiarized dissertation
The Pontifical Gregorian University said Friday it will review the doctoral dissertation of Scotland’s Bishop Stephen Robson, which is alleged to contain several acts of plagiarism.
James C.Coyne
A Catholic university will "review the doctoral dissertation of Scotland’s Bishop Stephen Robson, which is alleged to contain several acts of plagiarism. retractionwatch.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=… ."
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Journal retracts 30-year-old paper by controversial psychologist Hans Eysenck
Hans Eysenck The International Journal of Sport Psychology has retracted a paper by the late — and controversial — psychologist Hans Eysenck, whose work has faced doubts since the early…
James C.Coyne
International Journal of Sport Psychology retracts 30-year-old paper by controversial psychologist Hans Eysenck.
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The Internet Doesn't Need Civility, It Needs Ethics
The civility debate sidesteps how false assumptions about harm online, coupled with the affordances of digital media, encourage toxicity
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James C.Coyne
The Internet Doesn't Need Civility, It Needs Ethics
Ethics do not mean keeping your voice down.
Ethics do not mean keeping feathers unruffled.
Ethics mean taking full and unqualified responsibility for the things you choose to do and say.
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Academic Subjectivity, Idols, and the Vicissitudes of Virtues in Science: Epistemic Modesty Versus Epistemic Grandiosity
The subjectivity of the researcher is as much embedded in society, history, and the larger culture as any other subjectivity. Political-economic conditions, the Zeitgeist, social characteristics, the...
James C.Coyne
With a title like this, time to crash the paywall. "Academic Subjectivity, Idols, and the Vicissitudes of Virtues in Science: Epistemic Modesty Versus Epistemic Grandiosity"
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Study Did Not Show That Brief Therapy Kept Psychotic Patients Out of Hospital
Peer reviewers missed key details, but it didn't help that the authors failed to disclose suicides and incarcerations after release from the hospital.
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James C.Coyne
Who detests my critical analyses of therapies more -those who sell brands or those who claim 'just be a person'? Steve Hayes invited me to debate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Kelly Wilson threw a fit and offer was rescinded. I am still ready.
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The War For The Future Of Psychotherapy
A war for the future of psychotherapy will determine how we treat problems in living.
The mental health crisis myth
Thanks so celebrities, more people are demanding help — while those most in need are overlooked
The harms of promoting ‘Zero Harm’
In this issue, Amalberti and Vincent1 ask ‘what strategies we might adopt to protect patients when healthcare systems and organizations are under stress and simply cannot provide the standard of care they aspire to’. This is clearly a critical and...
How Arrogance Obstructs Knowledge | Quassim Cassam
Philosopher Quassim Cassam on how the Iraq War was not a political failing, but one made by the intellectual vices and flaws of those occupying Bush's administration and what that tells us about self-ignorance
James C.Coyne
Intellectual arrogance not only deserves criticism, but is an epistemic vice that obstructs knowledge.
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Is Inclusiveness Eroding Free Speech? Princeton President Argues They Can Work Together
A host of crucial issues faces America today, including the eroding credibility of major institutions such as government and the media, climate change, a
View of When Online Exchanges Byte: An Examination of the Policy Environment Governing Cyberbullying at the University Level | Canadian Journal of Higher Education
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James C.Coyne
When Online Exchanges Byte: An Examination of the Policy Environment Governing Cyberbullying at the University Level journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php… twitter.com/CoyneoftheReal…
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Adversity in University: Cyberbullying and Its Impacts on Students, Faculty and Administrators. - PubMed - NCBI
PubMed comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.
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James C.Coyne
For a start Adversity in University: Cyberbullying and Its Impacts on Students, Faculty and Administrators ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28786941 twitter.com/PamelaParesky/…
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Today's 'Blue Monday' depression peak isn't real, but seasonal blues are. Here's what to do about them
Today is Blue Monday, which is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year. But is it? Research hasn't proved that there is any one day more depressing than all the others. It's a PR stunt that has cemented itself into modern culture.
Emergency rooms fill up with psych patients — and then they wait
As dozens of patients wait in busy hospital ERs for psychiatric evaluations and inpatient bed placements, mental health experts search for solutions.
Half of Canadians have too few local psychiatrists, or none at all. How can we mend the mental-health gap?
Finding psychiatric care is a challenge for millions of Canadians in underserved regions. A Globe and Mail analysis highlights where the strain is greatest, and why an aging work force and low pay are making the problem worse
Danish Health Authority Refuses to Recognize WHO Definition for ME
Share Tweet EmailThe fight continues in Denmark for proper recognition and care for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). Last March in a huge victory for people with ME, Danish MPs unanimously agreed on a declaration that will recognise ME as...