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Chapter 8 - Antidotes to Fads and Fallacies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 March 2023

Joel Paris
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
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This chapter explains how research is also not immune from fads and fallacies, as has been demonstrated by the replication crisis in psychology. It argues that the best antidote to fads of all kinds is more and better research. Finally, it discusses why, despite the fact that we are still at an early stage in our voyage of discovery about mental disorders, psychiatrists must as far as possible practice evidence-based medicine.

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Print publication year: 2023

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  • Antidotes to Fads and Fallacies
  • Joel Paris, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
  • Book: Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 16 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245746.010
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  • Antidotes to Fads and Fallacies
  • Joel Paris, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
  • Book: Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 16 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245746.010
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  • Antidotes to Fads and Fallacies
  • Joel Paris, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University, Canada
  • Book: Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry
  • Online publication: 16 March 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009245746.010
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