Łukasz Warchoł

I write about psychology, human nature and the questions in science that fascinate me. Sometimes seriously, sometimes with a wink. Here you’ll find lighter reflections, in-depth analyses and my own thoughts on how we understand ourselves and the world around us.

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29 July 2026

The ADHD-only diagnostician: why ADHD cannot be assessed in isolation

A new professional identity has emerged: the “ADHD diagnostician”. But diagnosis depends on differential assessment, and you can only distinguish ADHD from conditions you genuinely know from clinical practice. Imagine a psychiatrist whose entire practice consisted of diagnosing depression.

21 July 2026

Quo vadis, psychotherapy? If we don’t provide professionally facilitated groups, people will create informal ones of their own

I asked Anthropic’s Fable 5 model to consider how we, as a species, undermine our own mental health. Its answer stayed with me: diagnostic inflation, inventing illnesses in order to treat them, and the case for far more group therapy and group support.

13 June 2026

Invisible variables: what we don’t yet understand about psychedelic therapy

Group-level statistics suggest that psychedelics help. But behind every score lies a whole galaxy of variables that barely register in research abstracts. An expanded version of my talk at the Nauka Psychodeliczna 2026 (Psychedelic Science) conference.

1 April 2026

Psychedelics versus antidepressants: what does the 2026 meta-analysis tell us?

An in-depth analysis of the 2026 meta-analysis by Williams, Barnett and Szigeti, published in *JAMA Psychiatry*.

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The ADHD-only diagnostician: why ADHD cannot be assessed in isolation

Quo vadis, psychotherapy? If we don’t provide professionally facilitated groups, people will create informal ones of their own

Invisible variables: what we don’t yet understand about psychedelic therapy

Psychedelics versus antidepressants: what does the 2026 meta-analysis tell us?