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study critique (270) much more than you wanted to know (30) psychology research (12) alcoholism (5) addiction treatment (3) medical statistics (3) Alcoholics Anonymous (2)

Alcoholics Anonymous: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott Alexander examines the effectiveness of Alcoholics Anonymous, finding it and other treatments only marginally better than no treatment, based on flawed and inconclusive studies.

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Oct 26, 2014 5,838 words 0 likes 175 comments Read Read Opened Opened
study critique (270) psychology (72) statistics (55) bad science (32) research methodology (28) alcoholism (5) p-hacking (5) scientific integrity (4) addiction treatment (3)

Two Dark Side Statistics Papers

Scott Alexander reviews two papers exposing statistical manipulation techniques in psychology research and addiction treatment program evaluations.

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Jan 2, 2014 2,049 words 0 likes 15 comments Read Read Opened Opened
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Antagonizing Opioid Receptors for (Prevention of) Fun and Profit

Scott explains how the Sinclair Method treats alcoholism by using naltrexone to block the brain's reward response to alcohol, breaking the learned association between drinking and pleasure through temporal difference learning.

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May 5, 2010 1,281 words 57 likes 35 comments Read Read Opened Opened
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