Statistics on mental illness have always been a headache for medical workers. In the final analysis, the artificially collected data itself may be "modified".
Patients may have concerns and dare not go directly to the hospital to obtain a clear diagnosis. They may lack sufficient financial income and may not even be able to go to the hospital to get professional help. Or the doctor may have limited skills and cannot clearly judge the difference between organic disease and mental illness.
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In short, there are too many possible causes of mental illness, and there are too many reasons that can lead to distortion of mental illness statistics. It is very difficult to use such data for research and analysis.
Fortunately, the intervals between the occurrences of these suspected celestial phenomena are large enough. Li Xiaohui feels that even if there are deviations in the data for one or two months or one or two years, the overall trend will not be deceptive.
What she is looking for is not precisely calculated data, but a growth rate line with a steeper slope.
This job sounds simple, but in execution... it is ridiculously difficult.
The incidence rate of mental illness in humans has been increasing since the beginning of statistics. Moreover, the incidence rate varies greatly among regions with different cultural backgrounds. According to statistics of the same year, the incidence rate of mental illness in the United States was six times that of Nigeria.
More than times. The incidence rate in Asian countries ranges from 1.5 times in Nigeria to 70% in the United States.
Is it because there is a problem with the statistics, or is it because American social culture is more unfriendly to psychological and mental conditions... This question itself is impossible to answer.
Since the first statistics on the incidence of mental illness began in the mid-to-late 20th century, the lifetime prevalence of mental disorders has soared. In just thirty years, the data in the United States has more than doubled. This data change
The credibility is also questionable - it's hard to say what role the super companies developing mental illness drugs played in it.
After all, in the past thirty years, Nigeria's lifetime prevalence of mental disorders has shown no tendency to increase - they are still 4.3%.
Similar data changes occur repeatedly, but no particularly obvious data differences can be seen.
This even made Li Xiaohui begin to doubt her own hypothesis. Could it be that this "loud noise" from the universe could not even cause fluctuations in human mental status?
Today's work was also interrupted. Director Li Xiaohui sat at his desk and began to sulk - the logic is correct and the theory makes sense, why can't it be reflected in the data?
As soon as Lu Chen sat down in the office, he was arrested by Director Li Xiaohui and poured out his bitter words. After hearing Director Li's complaint that "the logic is correct and the theory makes sense, but the data is wrong," Lu Chen's eyes widened.
He closed his eyes and asked, "Is there anything strange about this?"
Director Li's eyes widened and he was choked and didn't know what to say.
Lu Chen also widened his eyes - this kind of thing can't be done in experiments, is it strange? Is it worth having a full professor catch him and complain?
Although it is also the medical field, the psychological and clinical differences are sometimes wider than the gap between humans and dogs.
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In order to maintain the "friendly atmosphere" within the entire experimental group, Yang Weimin, who learned about this incident, leaned on his thigh that was bruised and was so stunned that he didn't even laugh out loud.
Not being able to laugh is the limit of Yang Weimin's efforts. As for Tang Qinglong, who didn't really like Director Li Xiaohui in the first place, there was no psychological pressure. He frowned and criticized, "How can we take things for granted when doing research? The data and assumptions are greatly deviated, then
It means your hypothesis is not comprehensive enough, or the direction is wrong - readjust it!"
Although the three non-students present are all full professors, in the field of scientific research, Academician Tang Qinglong is undoubtedly the real authority. Psychiatry, especially the Department of Psychological Medicine under the Department of Psychiatry, is actually more like a liberal arts major.
"You are indeed not very good at this aspect of work, so I can understand." Finally, Academician Tang Qinglong concluded the summary with this line that clearly contained disciplinary stereotypes.
Then I heard a voice of shock and anger coming from the door, "You are sexist!"
Lu Chen suddenly covered his face, you, a guy who can be perfectly racist every time, have the nerve to criticize others?
"Dr. Giuseppe Piano." Mu Zhiran stepped forward here. She stared at the grim-faced mathematician and corrected, "Teacher Tang just has some stereotypes about psychiatrists, which is the same as gender discrimination."
It doesn’t matter at all.”
"Please don't succumb to authority so easily, madam!" Giuseppe said righteously, "Although I know that this is the cultural tradition of East Asia, we should defend our dignity rather than surrender..."
"That's racial discrimination." Lu Chen rolled his eyes and interrupted Giuseppe's speech. "If there are problems with Academician Tang's speech, I think there will be a special department to deal with it."
"But we should still insist..." Giuseppe reluctantly wanted to say something more, but Lu Chen did not intend to continue listening. Doctor Lu frowned and asked, "The solution exists - you
You don’t need to think too much about it.”
After hearing this, Giuseppe thought about it thoughtfully, then nodded and said, "That makes sense."
Mu Zhiran was listening to this endless conversation and felt confused. Yang Weimin explained softly, "This is a joke... I'll send it to you for a look."
[The engineer's house was on fire. He took out a fire extinguisher and put out the fire.]
[The chemist's house was on fire and he tried to put it out with a fire extinguisher, but the fire extinguisher he had was a carbon dioxide type - so he only put out the fire on the wires.]
[The mathematician’s house was on fire. He looked at the fire extinguisher in his house and nodded, saying, “There is a solution,” and then went back to sleep with peace of mind.]
Seeing that Mu Zhiran didn't seem to fully understand, Yang Weimin could only destroy the first principle of the joke and explain, "Mathematicians only care about the solution. As for how to use the solution and how to realize it... they have no control over this matter."
Mu Zhiran suddenly understood and nodded in praise, "Indeed, as mathematicians, what they are best at is taking a long time to give a very correct but useless answer."
A physicist and a clinician are joking about a mathematician. This scene has the meaning of universal unity.
Director Li, who had just been criticized for lacking rigorous experimental thinking, came over and asked, "Do you know how many graduate students in mathematics it takes to change a light bulb?"
"How many?" Mu Zhiran asked curiously.
"One, but it takes nine years." Director Li said seriously, "If you were a physics student, seven years would be enough!"
Giuseppe looked at the three of them and said, "That...I heard it."
"What you heard is an experimental error. Eliminate it yourself." Mu Zhiran said without looking back, "Also, your theory of intentional infection and collapse is logically unworkable."
The discussion was lively and chaotic, like a pot of boiling oatmeal—or the ebb and flow of quantum energy.
Lu Chen took the opportunity to ask Director Li Xiaohui what went wrong with her research. After learning that the data changes did not match the theory, Lu Chen thought for a while and said, "Generally, the data and assumptions do not match. That's because
The experiment is not accurate enough or the data is contaminated... But what we are dealing with now is probably not a general situation. Let's borrow the 'hypothesis' that mathematicians like to use most..."
Ignoring Giuseppe's protest (assuming it's a tool, the tool doesn't exist, like it! I'm not an Amish!), Lu Chen continued, "Assume, the data itself is fine, and our theory is obviously fine.
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"Then what?" Li Xiaohui asked, "Does it mean our theory is not perfect enough?"
"It shows that our experiments are not comprehensive enough." Lu Chen shook his head and said, "The theory is not perfect enough. This is a very common situation. It is often manifested in the lack of theoretical accuracy or the limited applicable environment. After all, we can only find relative truths, not absolutes.
Truth."
"Not comprehensive enough? All the previous survey data have been analyzed, how can it be comprehensive?" Li Xiaohui frowned, "I don't think the coalition government can have a more comprehensive database than the one we use."
"Assuming that there is no problem, there is no problem with the logic, and there is no problem with the database, then isn't the answer already available?" Lu Chen's eyes lit up, "SN-1054, Tianguan Guest Star - isn't this the only suspect?" The discussion between the two aroused the ism of others around them. Lu Chen, who was talking more and more excitedly, did not notice this. He continued to raise his voice and said, "The Tianguan guest star happened too early. During the Northern Song Dynasty, of course, there was no such thing in the world.
There may be some epidemiological investigation of mental illness. So the lack of data is normal."
"The influence of Tianguan Guest Star has continued until recently. During such a long-term impact, it is normal that the data does not show obvious changes - because the data itself as the benchmark is abnormal." Lu Chen said quickly, "
If you are already soaked in water, you will certainly not notice that it is raining."