Jussi Valtonen, PhD

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Dr Valtonen is a neuropsychologist, a member of the evidence-based medicine research group FICEBO at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, and faculty at the University of the Arts in Helsinki, Finland.

Articles

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…

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.