Psychology & Psychiatry
Research papers, frameworks, and books on consciousness, psychopathology, and psychedelic science.
Currently Reading
The Deep Self
John C. Lilly — exploration of consciousness, isolation tanks, and the inner landscape of the mind through scientific experimentation and introspection.
Research & Articles
What Happened to Psychopathology?
S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH and Mark L. Ruffalo, MSW, DPsa — arguing that American psychiatry has shifted from phenomenology to DSM criteria, sacrificing diagnostic validity for reliability, and emphasizing the need to return to psychopathology's roots.
Consciousness May Require a New Kind of Computation
Neuroscience News — exploring computational theories of consciousness and their implications for AI.
Psychopathia Machinalis: A Nosological Framework for Understanding Pathologies in Advanced Artificial Intelligence
Nell Watson and Ali Hessami — a conceptual framework for synthetic nosology within machine psychology, categorizing 32 maladaptive AI behaviors across seven domains.
Exploring the effects of microdosing on health behaviour change
Prochazkova et al., Neuropharmacology (2026) — mixed-method study investigating self-reported health behavior changes and psychological mechanisms associated with psychedelic microdosing.
Recommended Reading
Jung: A Very Short Introduction
Anthony Stevens — a lucid introduction to Jungian psychology, explaining the collective unconscious, archetypes, shadow, persona, anima, animus, and the individualization of the Self.