Corrections
Corrections
If a NOOS briefing gets a number, a source or a limit wrong, tell us. Changes to published claims are listed here with their date. The log starts on 2 October 2026; most briefings were also revised that day after their first outside reading, and those first revisions are not all listed.
How to report a mistake
Write to press@noosinstitute.org with the page address, the sentence and, if you can, the source that shows it is wrong.
How we correct
We check the claim against the original source. If it is wrong, we fix the page itself rather than adding a note at the bottom, and list the change below: date, page, what changed. Typos and wording that does not change the meaning are fixed without an entry.
Log of corrections
- Weak social ties — few contacts or loneliness — are linked to earlier death
After a number-by-number check: the reviews measured weak social ties, including loneliness, not only few contacts; the 2010 figure comes from the least-adjusted models; the figures are odds, not risks; the data are mostly from Europe and North America, not worldwide. Title, conclusion and region now say so.
- How is loneliness measured as a public-health number?
After a number-by-number check: loneliness was in 39% of 49 national surveys listed by the OECD (an incomplete list), not 40%; “no accepted cutoff” applies to the UK three-item scale; the WHO's 1 in 6 is a model partly built on Meta-Gallup data, so the two world figures are not independent.
- What is known about untreated trauma and violence in cities?
After a number-by-number check: in the Atlanta study 1,256 is the number of people with trauma, not of those who answered; the third Chicago trial tested a related programme, not Becoming a Man; a claim we could not check in the full text of one review was removed.
- Do suicide-related internet searches track suicide deaths, and what do search pages show?
The title and conclusion spoke of internet searches and a population's mental health in general; the finding rests on one study of suicide-related searches in four countries. Both now say so and name the study.
- Most of the treatment gap for depression, anxiety and substance use opens before people seek help
The short quote said people had not sought help “from a service”; the 51%–82% range counts contact with any service, not only health services. The quote now says so. The same wording was fixed on the briefing on time to help for depression and anxiety. Numbers did not change.
- NHS Talking Therapies waiting times: 20–25% who reach a second appointment wait over 90 days for it
The briefing presented the share waiting over 90 days as hidden; NHS England publishes it. The page now says so, the search description now carries the limit “among those who finished a course”, and a claim about the company Mayden that our sources did not support was removed.
- Alcohol use disorder: in Australia, an estimated 1 in 4 will ever seek help, the fewest of any disorder in the survey
The headline promised more than the data showed; it is now tied to Australia and to an estimate from one survey. The page now also says that, by estimates from two Australian surveys, the share expected ever to seek help fell from 34.6% (2007) to 25% (2020–22).
- Depression and anxiety: years to first help, and we found no tested way to shorten it
The conclusion was more optimistic than its own data. It now names first the reviews on depression and anxiety (one found no effect, one a borderline one), and the broader review after them.