Culture of Doubt

Skeptic of skeptics says skeptics not skeptical enoughhttps://t.co/1IgZILZkTw
Defenders of the skeptic faith replyhttps://t.co/2BeOwiXPmJ

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 19, 2016

GP's prescribe 80% of psych drugs, usually after only 10 minutes with a patient they barely know. Often a bad idea. https://t.co/Uex6XLQX6z

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 19, 2016

Data shows youth who use #marijuana before 16 double or triple their risk for developing #schizophrenia. https://t.co/6wxq8Pbr7V #IPS2014

— Randall White (@BCPsychosis) May 19, 2016

Marine bases often need to be in rural areas, but that means little access to mental health resources. #APAAM16 pic.twitter.com/aPhDpDZA2C

— American Psychiatric (@APAPsychiatric) May 17, 2016

60% of Marines are 25 or younger. That makes Marines the youngest branch of the military. -General Neller #APAAM16 pic.twitter.com/BFHTybQbbM

— American Psychiatric (@APAPsychiatric) May 17, 2016

Does financial insecurity lead to more physical pain? Growing evidence suggests a link https://t.co/7l3exhIaev pic.twitter.com/AUHeUbnPaQ

— Scientific American (@sciam) May 17, 2016

Despite hype, neuroscience hasn't yet helped a single patient
Despite limits, diagnosis still crucial for treatment https://t.co/CbEcqcDWT2

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 17, 2016

Curious to know if "no evidence of SES causal effects after controlling for genes" is in the pipeline. @fsnole1? https://t.co/QY0EUOeEYB

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) May 17, 2016

Stephen Stahl: our psychiatric diagnoses are not diseases. Issue is not diagnosis, but treatment. #APAAM16 pic.twitter.com/N6LrmSFG2y

— Lancet Psychiatry (@TheLancetPsych) May 16, 2016

Euthanasia for mentally ill too slippery a slope bec more treatment usually works & suicidal wishes often transient. https://t.co/DidB8J3y7W

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 16, 2016

Hear Sylvia Plath Read 50+ of Her Dark, Compelling Poems https://t.co/r1quPHgRZy pic.twitter.com/OEgqC6s1Hx

— Open Culture (@openculture) May 15, 2016

'The Twins,' Lisa and Louise Burns take a break from filming, 1980. pic.twitter.com/OxWlkhQdKz

— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) May 15, 2016

No they aren't but american people will. https://t.co/YMZXj6ZI14

— Arthur Caplan (@ArthurCaplan) May 15, 2016

Plus who faked intelligence data to start dumb Iraq war; who authorized torture; who said deficits don't count? pic.twitter.com/of0nV0qVvx

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 15, 2016

"We demand things from economics that it can’t provide," says Russ Roberts: https://t.co/fUu0xCqkxR @EconTalker @kyleopeterson

— WSJ Editorial Page (@WSJopinion) May 15, 2016

An East German border guard offers a flower through a gap in the Berlin Wall on the morning it fell, 1989. pic.twitter.com/MybibWXYKO

— History In Pictures (@HistoryInPics) May 15, 2016

Ron Haskins makes the case for evidence-based policy: https://t.co/qQV9O4F996 CC @TheAAPS pic.twitter.com/PJEcNhWhyv

— Brookings Econ (@BrookingsEcon) May 14, 2016

This graph never gets old. How @isawhill argued for IUDs (using, you know, facts) https://t.co/W6PtOvGOlo @TheAAPSS pic.twitter.com/CTQCAtPkeK

— Richard V. Reeves (@RichardvReeves) May 13, 2016

Are High Out-Of-Pocket Costs Forcing Patients to Settle for Substandard Care? My new post in @forbeshealth @Forbes. https://t.co/OvgcrTGx66

— Peter Ubel (@peterubel) May 13, 2016

I strongly disagree with this @dylanmatt piece about "equality of opportunity", and I will soon write about it: https://t.co/PpXaCQ2HpZ

— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) May 12, 2016

John Ioannides exposes available nutrition "research" as mostly useless bunk & calls for a new approach.https://t.co/qYFpbOFTeI

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 12, 2016

True, plenty of STOICON tickets left for now, but the dinners with speakers are selling out quickly… https://t.co/F6hGvuMkFB

— Massimo Pigliucci (@mpigliucci) May 12, 2016

The Atlantic whistles by the graveyard. https://t.co/dpIS7MmoA4

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) May 11, 2016

We should learn philosophy to:
Aquinas: understand God
Sartre: understand freedom
Popper: understand science
Hegel: understand Hegel

— Existential Comics (@existentialcoms) May 11, 2016

Disorders of sex development occur in an estimated 1–2% of live births https://t.co/WGR7iqRnBm

— Scientific American (@sciam) May 11, 2016

Worrying over kids playing with phones and tablets is just another way to shame mothers https://t.co/ubmR4AyfXp

— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 11, 2016

Must see- Absolutely brilliant, clear, accurate & hilarious description of how commercialized science lost its soul. https://t.co/iXEFFizy9Z

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 11, 2016

I strongly suggest you read this before believing next headline trumpeting a great new genetic finding in psychiatry https://t.co/v98vsbmO1j

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 11, 2016

Hilarious. Sociology openly describing itself as politicized, wondering if it can coexist with real science. https://t.co/4qEp4omshT

— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) May 11, 2016

Paradox: "the more we insist on scientific reliability, the less certain our knowledge seems to become"https://t.co/i5cRxQNK1V @michelaccad

— Allen Frances (@AllenFrancesMD) May 10, 2016