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# Empiricism re Therapy Efficacy

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Oy vey.

2026-08-04 briefly: I did some cursory reading last year and both effect sizes and clinical significance were larger than I was expecting but still much more modest than the advertising. 

I would like to do at least a small literature review here but am not prioritizing it.