Psychology & Psychiatry

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An Anthropologist on Mars

Oliver Sacks: seven neurological case studies exploring autism, perception, Tourette's, and the adaptive possibilities of atypical minds.

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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.

Connectome-based symptom mapping and in silico related gene expression in children with autism and/or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Segura et al., Molecular Psychiatry (2026): transdiagnostic study linking autism symptom severity across autism and ADHD diagnoses to shared functional connectivity patterns and related gene-expression signatures.

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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.