False Assumption Registry

Mental Health

8 entries in this category

• Social Media Safe for Adolescents
  Social media is a reasonably safe consumer product for children and adolescents even when used heavily.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 10 sources
• Personality Outweighs Situations in Behavior
  Personality traits and personal history primarily determine human behavior more than current situations.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 3 sources
• Specialists Required for Effective Therapy
  Only licensed mental health specialists can effectively deliver evidence-based psychotherapy for depression.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 2 sources
• Trauma Lodges in Body Tissues
  Traumatic experiences embed in the body and tissues, causing ongoing harm relieved by somatic processing.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Attachment Styles Persist into Adulthood
  Infant attachment categories like secure, anxious, avoidant, or disorganized rigidly determine adult romantic and relational behaviors as fixed traits.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• Grief Follows Predictable Stages
  Grief universally progresses through denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance in sequence.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources
• Transference Drives Psychotherapy
  Clients unconsciously project past figures' feelings onto therapists, a core mechanism resolvable for cure in psychodynamic therapy.
  Growing recognition that this assumption was false, but not yet mainstream 1 sources
• Rising Diagnoses Signal Mental Illness Epidemic
  Sharp increases in mental health diagnoses among children reflect a genuine surge in the prevalence of mental disorders.
  Experts are divided on whether this assumption was actually false 1 sources