Research note 14
Writing about difficult experiences has small average benefits across hundreds of randomised studies, with wide variation. This note reviews the meta-analyses, what moderates the effect, and the gap between feeling relieved and benefiting.
Research note 08
What clinical psychology learned about emotional release: emotional processing theory and exposure, the Cochrane evidence against single-session psychological debriefing, and meta-analyses of regulation strategies across psychopathology.
Question 16
Every substantive claim on this site has a ledger entry with an evidence level from A to E, a separate confidence rating, its sources, scope, caveat and review date. A claim past its review date fails the build.
Evidence
Every public claim on this site with its type, evidence level, confidence, sources and review date, and an appraisal of each reference. How claims are graded, how art is kept apart from evidence, and how to report a problem.
Engineering 03
How every public claim on the site is recorded as data with a type, an evidence level, a confidence, sources and a review date; how validators and a weekly workflow enforce it; and how pages render grades from the ledger instead of restating them.
Advice 10 · Meta-analytic (systematic review)
Single-session psychological debriefing did not prevent post-traumatic stress disorder in a Cochrane review. Effective trauma treatments are structured and combine emotional activation with new learning. When and how to look for help.