A shocking thought about drugs of abuse Dr. Shock MD PhD, aka Walter van den Broek, posted a pocket size psychiatric examination and diagnoses booklet, a small PDF file with “everything necessary to become an efficient psychiatrist.” I was quite fascinated to read these crib sheets for psych testing and diagnosis, explaining the basics and [...]

So we’re about to celebrate the solstice event late but call it Hogmanay, or “New Year’s” like we do every time the Earth complete’s a circuit of its orbit around the Sun. You’re probably musing on the idea of having a few beers, a glass or two of wine or maybe some of the harder [...]

Image via Wikipedia Gemma Prat of the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain, explains in a research review paper earlier this year, that despite claims to the contrary, we really don’t yet fully understand what causes alcohol hangovers. There are, of course, plenty of theories, and even more [...]