Mental Health Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-29 · 10 entries checked · 2 flagged · 5 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 3 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Neurosis — The claim that Pinel's 1798 work divided medical conditions into five categories is incorrect; Pinel's Nosographie philosophique actually divided diseases into five classes, but 'Neuroses' was not one of them—Pinel used 'Neuroses' in a different sense, and his

Neurosis — The statement that Pinel's class Neuroses included orders such as Comata and Spasmi is inaccurate; in Pinel's system, 'Neuroses' was not a class—the orders Comata and Spasmi were part of the class 'Neuroses' in Cullen's system, not Pinel's.

Postpartum depression — The 'STATS' section states 'infanticide_rate_in_US=2-3 per 100,000 births (all causes)'. This is a factual error because the cited rate refers to all-cause infant homicide, not infanticide as a distinct legal or diagnostic category.

Postpartum depression — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section states 'fMRI studies show mothers with PPD have less activity in the left frontal lobe and increased activity in the right frontal lobe compared to healthy controls.' This is a factual error because the established finding is decreas

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