Research Boundaries / Scope
Descriptive / Nonclinical
Boundaries are part of the method.
The site presents research, writing, education and context analysis materials. USCP, USCH, USCI and A-CSM are descriptive frameworks for nonclinical observation and review.
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Five nots
Five things this research does not do
Scope
No diagnosis
No clinical diagnosis of any user.
Scope
No screening
No disease screening and no automated judgment of mental states.
Scope
No prevalence estimates
A single-participant corpus does not support prevalence estimation.
Scope
No causal claims
A descriptive framework does not support causal inference.
Scope
No validated scale
There is currently no validated scale.
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Retractions
Retraction list
USCH six-stage model
Retracted. No longer cited on this site.
Self-assessment scale
Retracted. No longer cited on this site.
A public retraction record is a credibility asset: what no longer holds gets removed from the list.
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Red lines
Four red lines of the frameworks
One
They do not diagnose users.
Two
They do not automatically judge mental states.
Three
They do not prove a product safe.
Four
They do not provide legal compliance guarantees.
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Services and research
How services relate to research
Material from services does not flow back into the research as evidence, unless there is case-by-case written consent and de-identification. Research conclusions are not adjusted to fit service needs.