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Fainting Couch
Carrie Messenger. Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction, 2025-01-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
My feels Victorian because it is There are people feels Victorian because of I am I know I am I still for the and I could have If I make something it will not feel like such a but I might not be able to make anything I to make both for the and the I have something when I am I feel so from my own life that it is like a that I am When it happens when I am I the if the students think I am when I am just being much of teaching is anyway. won't know I am not in the When it happens and I am it feels like I am enough to be by the of When it happens and I am with my it is It is like and for each other when is in the I do not want to be a for them. I want to be that means right I making notes for this essay, it was a and I was to I was Clarissa's age. Dalloway as I got closer and closer to her age. I had read more than one and about reading this book at It is a thing that I it will be after Clarissa's I should to write this until next for the of it all, but I don't know if be able to next I might be a I might be a or a or Or the in this It's one of There is no way to know We tell in to the I writing writing this year, when I got I was with the I still have at the of my a makes it but it is a The is me, I have your brain is a I can it out at any time.I writing the this Now I will be this into my year, as Woolf put it. It is It is after I might be the or We might be the or it is always we might have the
Key findings
- My feels Victorian because it is There are people feels Victorian because of I am I know I am I still for the and I could have If I make something it will not feel like such a but I might not be able to make anything I to make both for the and the I have something when I am I feel so from my own life that it is like a that I am When it happens when I am I the if the students think I am when I am just being much of teaching is anyway. won't know I am not in the When it happens and I am it feels like I am enough to be by the of When it happens and I am with my it is It is like and for each other when is in the I do not want to be a for them.
- I want to be that means right I making notes for this essay, it was a and I was to I was Clarissa's age.
- Dalloway as I got closer and closer to her age.
- I had read more than one and about reading this book at It is a thing that I it will be after Clarissa's I should to write this until next for the of it all, but I don't know if be able to next I might be a I might be a or a or Or the in this It's one of There is no way to know We tell in to the I writing writing this year, when I got I was with the I still have at the of my a makes it but it is a The is me, I have your brain is a I can it out at any time.I writing the this Now I will be this into my year, as Woolf put it.
- It is It is after I might be the or We might be the or it is always we might have the
Why it matters
This is a fragmented personal essay referencing Virginia Woolf and contains no scientific information about Alzheimer's disease. It offers nothing relevant to treating, curing, or preventing Alzheimer's.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 25/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on senior author's track record and institution's track record, so those were left out: it earned 23 of the 93 points we could judge it on, which is 25 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction) |
| Journal's citation record | 0 / 4 | Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction: journal h-index 10 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 0 / 7 | Cited 0 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 0 / 5 | 0.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 0 / 6 | Cited 0.0× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 0 / 4 | Cited 0 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | OpenAlex's profile for last-listed author Carrie Messenger holds only 7 work(s), too few to judge a track record — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 0 institution(s) in 0 countries — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 23 / 93 | Scored on 18 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 23 of the 93 points we could judge it on is 25 out of 100. |
| Total | 25 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Messenger, C. (2025). Fainting Couch. Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction. https://doi.org/10.14321/fourthgenre.27.2.0012
Vancouver
Messenger C. Fainting Couch. Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction. 2025. doi:10.14321/fourthgenre.27.2.0012.
BibTeX
@article{messenger2025-79149273,
author = {Messenger, Carrie},
title = {{Fainting Couch}},
journal = {Fourth Genre Explorations in Nonfiction},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.14321/fourthgenre.27.2.0012},
url = {https://doi.org/10.14321/fourthgenre.27.2.0012}
}