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New cause area: Improving diagnosis and treatment of bipolar spectrum disorders
Karolina Soltys
4mo
13
18
Sympathectomies - The New Lobotomy
handoftheenemy
3mo
4
78
Effective altruism’s odd attitude to mental health
MichaelPlant
7mo
25
26
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Why we should work on preventing suicide
Lydia Field
4mo
3
25
Cognitive Risks of Adolescent Binge Drinking
Elizabeth
4mo
2
14
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Expand Access to ADHD Treatment and Fund more Research
DeeptiBoddapati
3mo
1
40
Mental Health Shallow Review
Elizabeth
5y
30
22
Depression and psychedelics - an anonymous blog proposal
anonEAmouse
6mo
3
32
Treating Cluster Headaches Using N,N-DMT and Other Tryptamines
qfrerichs
3y
2
7
[Cause Exploration Prizes] Mental health diagnostic system
EmmiPosio
3mo
0
27
Is effective altruism overlooking human happiness and mental health? I argue it is.
MichaelPlant
6y
56
15
Book Review: Lost Connections
Sam Enright
1y
0
35
Comparing Four Cause Areas for Founding New Charities
Joey
2y
3
73
Problem area report: mental health
CaitlinWalker
1y
10
17
R&D for Chemically Improving Wellbeing in Healthy Population
Jonathan Gilat
3mo
10
49
Cash prizes for the best arguments against psychedelics being an EA cause area
Milan_Griffes
3y
125
15
Cause: biopharma R&D productivity
BoxFan
3mo
2
128
Ending The War on Drugs - A New Cause For Effective Altruists?
MichaelPlant
1y
20
13
[Link] How to contribute to the psychedelics ecosystem
John_Maxwell
3y
0
3
What are longtermist arguments for and against psychedelics/drug reform as an EA cause area?
Carolin Basilowski
9mo
5
4
[Link] "Relaxed Beliefs Under Psychedelics and the Anarchic Brain" (SSC)
Milan_Griffes
3y
1
30
[Link] "A Psychedelic Renaissance" (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Milan_Griffes
3y
3
146
AMA: Tim Ferriss, Michael Pollan, and Dr. Matthew W. Johnson on psychedelics research and philanthropy
Aaron Gertler
1y
184
37
Psychedelics Normalization
andzuck
3y
26
26
Using Ibogaine to Create Friendlier Opioids
qfrerichs
3y
3
9
Pros/cons of funding more research on whether psychedelics increase altruism?
nonzerosum
3y
2
46
OPIS initiative on access to psilocybin for cluster headaches
jonleighton
2y
5