Parsimony: A Forgotten Principle in Clinical Psychology and Classics

Liam Alexander MacKenzie Myles, Patrick Guy Browne Johnson

Abstract


According to a recent global meta-analysis, approximately 50% of people experience mental health difficulties (Nochaiwong et al., 2021). Psychologists have long been interested in conceptualising the basis of psychological difficulties, with theories dating back to the inception of the field (James, 1892).

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Classics; Clinical Psychology; Theoretical reflection; Parsimony.

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