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Of Strong Swords and Fine Scalpels: Developing Robust Clinical Principles to Cut Through Heterogeneity

Year: 2023

Type: preprint

Abstract: General scientific summary: The field of computational psychiatry has overwhelmingly focused on the goal of precision medicine (a “fine scalpels” approach). I argue for reallocating some effort toward deriving potent clinical principles to improve psychological treatments (a “strong swords” approach)—a worthwhile goal in its own right with an established track record. I draw on an example from my research program to illustrate the strong-swords approach.

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/tvk4n

Author: Peter Hitchcock

Institution: Emory University

Language: English

Topic: Mental Health Research Topics

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

OpenAlex ID: W4387847890

Cites: 34

Cited by: 1

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