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  1. Jun 2026
    1. the strongest head-to-head test to date found that users of ELIZA, a decades-old non-AI conversational bot, showed greater mental health improvements than users of a purpose-built AI chatbot, suggesting that structured engagement, not generative AI, may be driving observed gains.

      ELIZA outperforming purpose-built AI mental health chatbots is a devastating finding that undermines the entire premise of the category. ELIZA (1966) has no understanding of language, no memory, and no clinical design — it uses simple pattern matching. If structured attention alone explains the observed benefits, then companies charging subscription fees for 'AI therapy' are monetizing a placebo effect while attributing it to technology.

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    1. Holmes, E. A., O’Connor, R. C., Perry, V. H., Tracey, I., Wessely, S., Arseneault, L., Ballard, C., Christensen, H., Silver, R. C., Everall, I., Ford, T., John, A., Kabir, T., King, K., Madan, I., Michie, S., Przybylski, A. K., Shafran, R., Sweeney, A., … Bullmore, E. (2020). Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for action for mental health science. The Lancet Psychiatry, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30168-1

  18. Oct 2018
    1. Silvia’s father went to prison when she was a baby, and served 10 years for selling drugs. Without his support, her mother struggled to provide financially for her and her brother. Her mother also suffered from a mental disorder for which she received SSI. While Silvia was growing up, the family relied on public assistance and ate mostly cheap food such as canned ravioli and Ramen noodles. Silvia remembers being hungry often and recalls that her mother often ignored Silvia and her brother.

      Pienso que esto es Pathway effect en cuanto a que Silvia de alguna manera reprodujo lo que vio en su hogar porque ya tenia un escenario predispuesto. El health behavior que quiero destacar es el comportamiento en cuanto a la dieta ya que eran pobres y comía comida enlatada no saludable y no tenían seguridad alimentaria.