Jani Kajanoja, MD, PhD

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Dr Kajanoja is an MD specializing in psychiatry, and a researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku Finland.

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Will Denial Make DSM’s Validity Problem Go Away? A Reply to Pies and Ruffalo

Jussi Valtonen, PhD;Jani Kajanoja, MD, PhD
October 14th 2024

The discussion on psychiatric diagnoses and descriptive labels continues…

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Descriptive Labels Are Not Causes, No Matter How Hard You Try: A Response to Pies and Ruffalo

Jani Kajanoja, MD, PhD;Jussi Valtonen, PhD
August 26th 2024

If circular claims are presented together with unfounded claims about purported brain mechanisms, they may further bias individuals towards falsely assuming that biological causes and mechanisms have been identified for psychiatric problems.

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