This Twitter thread from economist Chris Blattman, who “spent the last 15 years studying cash and also CBT”, is an interesting response to the Vox article based on this study. An excerpt:
There ought to be huge amounts of investment in testing whether these techniques can be automated into apps, implemented by non experts, performed in groups or over mass media. Some of this testing is already happening but it needs to explode in scale.
That’s because scaling these interventions is harder than the CBT enthusiasts are letting on. Helping an average villager be less sad & anxious is different than tackling serious depression. Both are different than a program to help riskiest young men to be less violent.
This Twitter thread from economist Chris Blattman, who “spent the last 15 years studying cash and also CBT”, is an interesting response to the Vox article based on this study. An excerpt: