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José Eduardo López
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Psychiatry 🧠
"Currently, there is no proven or universally accepted theory that can unifiedly explain schizophrenia. Rather, multiple lines of evidence are available, which are not yet fully reconciled. One is that there is high heterogeneity in what we call schizophrenia...".
Schizophrenia - Nature Reviews Disease Primers
Schizophrenia is a complex and often long-lasting mental health condition that typically begins in late adolescence. In this Primer, Leucht and colleagues review the epidemiology of schizophrenia and ...
www.nature.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Al fin y al cabo humano, Oliver Sacks era un ser complejo. Aunque nada le quitará lo excelente ensayista que era y el enfoque humanista que introdujo a la práctica médica, sus libros deberán considerarse ficción. 💔
Rachel Aviv reviewed four decades’ worth of Oliver Sack’s journals—many of which had never been read before. What she found reveals how the neurologist’s own stories shaped the ones he told about his patients.
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"The test of scientific maturity ultimately lies not in what we can create but in how responsibly we accompany what we have brought into the world".
Frankenstein and the problem of abandonment
A new adaptation of the cautionary tale is an opportunity to reflect on scientific stewardship
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reposted by José Eduardo López
6 Suggestions for DSM-6

Making the next DSM look less like a house of mirrors

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/6-suggesti...
6 Suggestions for DSM-6
Making the next DSM look less like a house of mirrors
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Reposted by José Eduardo López
I wrote about the DSM for @asteriskmag.bsky.social ... its historical evolution, scientific disputes, and cultural debates. I’ve tried instead to capture the texture of the rich discussions and the vast commentary that exist around the manual. Enjoy! asteriskmag.substack.com/p/you-arent-...
You Aren't in the DSM
Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?
asteriskmag.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"[...] we have a highly developed ability to psychopathologize and medicalize individuals, yet we lack a practical, sophisticated approach to diagnosing social or contextual deficiencies and linking them to interventions wherever possible".
Frontiers | Diagnosing the context is as important as diagnosing the individual
DSM-III did not completely ignore the importance of social factors in psychiatric evaluation. It introduced the multiaxial diagnostic system (continued throu...
www.frontiersin.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
«No hay cuidado para el olvido como no hay cuidado que salve de la muerte, pero está la práctica. Practicar el cuidado es cuidar como nos cuidaron. Practicar la memoria es recordar a quienes nos mostraron, en su sentido más visual, cómo se recuerda y cómo se olvida».
Contra la esperanza en tiempos de represión
No nos moverán (México, 2025) y Ainda estou aqui (Brasil, 2024) guardan en sus historias una forma en la que podemos resistir al olvido, a la disolución de la memoria. A pesar de que su origen son luc...
cultura.nexos.com.mx
October 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) "can thus be viewed as an attention dysregulation (rather than deficit) disorder. Many patients with ADHD can concentrate in some contexts, but they cannot deploy concentration at some ordinary moments in which it is needed".
Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults: evidence base, uncertainties and controversies
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was once thought to be solely a childhood condition. Now it is well established that it can persist into adulthood, with an estimated worldwide prevale....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
A menudo, el discurso predominante sobre la salud mental «se centra en el individuo como cuerpo biológico —escribe [Danielle] Carr— a expensas de tener en cuenta las condiciones sistémicas e infraestructurales».
Solo la política puede resolver la crisis de salud mental - Jacobin Revista
Los políticos quieren mejorar nuestra cada vez peor salud mental con iniciativas psiquiátricas. El problema de este modelo, afirma la historiadora de la neurociencia Danielle Carr, es que ignora las b...
jacobinlat.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Viva 31 minutos ❤️
31 Minutos: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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October 7, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"That’s what peer review is supposed to be — not the final word, but the messy process that keeps ideas moving through the bloodstream of science. A filter, not a verdict supposed to crown winners".
We Forgot The True Purpose of Peer Review
Shadows on a cave wall don’t tell the whole story
medium.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
“The film has made us witnesses of the magic of the human face. It has taught us to read what lies behind the silence of this face and has shown us the reaches of the human soul”.

Fritz Lang.

muse.jhu.edu/article/591156
Project MUSE - The Face of Tragedy: From Theatrical Mask to Cinematic Close-up
muse.jhu.edu
October 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
«Y esto es lo que siempre me ha asombrado del arte: ver más allá de las apariencias, ver e imaginar lo que está más allá de lo que solemos percibir».

José Gordon.
José Gordon, periodista y escritor. El asombro cambia cómo vemos el mundo
YouTube video by Aprendemos juntos Mex
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October 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
«Porque ocurre, en los momentos límites de tensión, de la más baja ignominia o de la más alta pureza, que cualquier idioma de los hombres se entiende, por más extranjero que sea».

Los motivos de Caín.
José Revueltas.
June 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Reposted by José Eduardo López
The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion

“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-overdi...
The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
www.psychiatrymargins.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
«Hay quien nunca deja de excusarse en las heridas de la infancia, y aunque el trauma infantil es prevalente a lo largo de la vida, parte de crecer implica hacerse responsable de las propias fisuras».

Dios fulmine a la que escriba sobre mí.
Aura García-Junco.
June 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"[...] within the hierarchy of memories, there exist rare fictional narratives that transcend their boundaries and offer a semblance of autobiographical significance".
When memories from fiction become part of who you are | Psyche Ideas
Scenes from books, movies and games sometimes carry as much weight as events from people’s own lives. We’re finding out why
psyche.co
May 21, 2025 at 5:41 AM
‘Unethical’ AI research on Reddit under fire.
‘Unethical’ AI research on Reddit under fire
Ethics experts raise concerns over consent, study design
www.science.org
May 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Arriba los pobres del mundo!

A pesar de las derrotas, de las marchas y contramarchas, el sueño de un mundo sin explotadores ni explotados sigue vivo. Feliz 1º de mayo. Tomemos lo que es nuestro.
May 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Determining your baseline of effectiveness, engaging in deliberate practice, and getting feedback are crucial elements for improving clinical practice.
(PDF) Miller, S.D., Hubble, M.A., & Duncan, B.L. (November/December, 2007). Supershrinks: Learning from the field’s most effective practitioners. The Psychotherapy Networker, 31(6), 26-35, 56.
PDF | Clients of the best therapists improve at a rate at least 50 per cent higher and drop out at a rate at least 50 per cent lower than those of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
April 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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I... a universe of atoms, an atom in the universe.
September 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Science used to be my safe space. But when I spiraled into depression, I quit my Ph.D. | Science | AAAS
Science used to be my safe space. But when I spiraled into depression, I quit my Ph.D.
The author had been using research “as a way of trying to control the uncontrollable”
www.science.org
March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Transdiagnostic risk across the menstrual cycle in Psychiatry (doi.org/10.1136/bmjm...).
March 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
March 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM