If a psychological screening and risk stratification system that does
not require a awkward face to face meeting works, society will benefit
from emotion prediction algorithms deployed to the young-who prefer app or
phone based assessment and feedback.
I urge the researchers to assess the interposition of technology
(like automated voice feedback) to mediate a telephone conversation. This
risks disabling, or coul...
If a psychological screening and risk stratification system that does
not require a awkward face to face meeting works, society will benefit
from emotion prediction algorithms deployed to the young-who prefer app or
phone based assessment and feedback.
I urge the researchers to assess the interposition of technology
(like automated voice feedback) to mediate a telephone conversation. This
risks disabling, or could augment, our inclination for civil and honest
discourse. There is no more natural, direct and transparent interaction
than the client calmly and politely elaborating on their distress to start
proceedings. The call taker listens attentively, without interruption, and
responds with meaningful solutions to the problem.
If there is no satisfactory resolution, referring the call to a
senior clinician is advisable. In case of conflict, negotiating the
timeline for fixing the complaint and the procedure for external mediation
is an advisable last stop on the phone journey. A face to face meeting is
held where the telling nuances of facial gestures and body language
enhances prospects of a difficult resolution. Without the interference of
technology, we are likely to remain well-tuned to our human condition and
be mindful of others.
The reply by Rachiotis et al is disappointing. The main issue I
raised was on the very selective presentation of the literature, in which
the authors do not really respond. The second issue is the causality
question.
As I had extensively stated in my response, our previous reports
disputed a rise in suicides in Greece before 2010 and clearly reported
this increase after 2010 [1-5]. I do not really follow the ar...
The reply by Rachiotis et al is disappointing. The main issue I
raised was on the very selective presentation of the literature, in which
the authors do not really respond. The second issue is the causality
question.
As I had extensively stated in my response, our previous reports
disputed a rise in suicides in Greece before 2010 and clearly reported
this increase after 2010 [1-5]. I do not really follow the arguments of
Rachiotis et al on this matter which is perfectly clear. The report in
increased rates after 2010 was included in a letter and in an
international study which is full and difficult to miss [5]. On the
contrary, the authors of the paper under discussion have repeatedly
suggested the increase in suicide rates had started already since 2007. It
is disappointing that Rachiotis et al did not take into consideration
especially our international study which was the second to mention an
increase of suicides in Greece [5] and discussed the issue of suicides and
economic crisis in the whole of Europe
Furthermore, Since they can not explain the problematic temporal
relationship between unemployment rise and increase in suicides, they
change their argument from 'unemployment' to 'extreme austerity'. The
discussion here is on the possible effect of unemployment. And any
university student in the field knows that correlation does not imply
causality unless specific properties are met.
References
1. Fountoulakis KN, Koupidis SA, Grammatikopoulos IA, et al. First
reliable data suggest a possible increase in suicides in Greece. Bmj
2013;347:f4900 doi: 10.1136/bmj.f4900[published Online First: Epub Date]|.
2. Fountoulakis KN, Koupidis SA, Siamouli M, et al. Suicide,
recession, and unemployment. Lancet 2013;381(9868):721-2 doi:
10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60573-5[published Online First: Epub Date]|.
3. Fountoulakis KN, Savopoulos C, Siamouli M, et al. Trends in
suicidality amid the economic crisis in Greece. European archives of
psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 2013;263(5):441-4 doi: 10.1007/s00406
-012-0385-9[published Online First: Epub Date]|.
4. Fountoulakis KN, Siamouli M, Grammatikopoulos IA, et al. Economic
crisis-related increased suicidality in Greece and Italy: a premature
overinterpretation. Journal of epidemiology and community health
2013;67(4):379-80 doi: 10.1136/jech-2012-201902[published Online First:
Epub Date]|.
5. Fountoulakis KN, Kawohl W, Theodorakis PN, et al. Relationship of
suicide rates to economic variables in Europe: 2000-2011. The British
journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2014 doi:
10.1192/bjp.bp.114.147454[published Online First: Epub Date]|.
If a psychological screening and risk stratification system that does not require a awkward face to face meeting works, society will benefit from emotion prediction algorithms deployed to the young-who prefer app or phone based assessment and feedback.
I urge the researchers to assess the interposition of technology (like automated voice feedback) to mediate a telephone conversation. This risks disabling, or coul...
The reply by Rachiotis et al is disappointing. The main issue I raised was on the very selective presentation of the literature, in which the authors do not really respond. The second issue is the causality question.
As I had extensively stated in my response, our previous reports disputed a rise in suicides in Greece before 2010 and clearly reported this increase after 2010 [1-5]. I do not really follow the ar...
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