Monthly Archives: September 2010

The McDonaldization of the Mind

September 5, 2010 – 2:51 pm

Last week’s ABC Radio National All in the Mind had a fantastic interview with journalist Ethan Watters whose book ‘Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche’ has been making waves with its criticism of the cultural dominance of American psychiatry. I’ve promised a long overdue review of the book to The Psychologist so [...]

By vaughanbell | Posted in books | Comments (4)

2010-09-03 Spike activity

September 4, 2010 – 10:31 pm

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news: More on our psychedelic drugs and psychiatry series: Nature’s The Great Beyond blog has an introduction to the series and The Guardian has a great overview from our very own Mo Costandi. Time magazine asks why do heavy drinkers outlive non-drinkers? Your mileage may [...]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Linkage | Comments (2)

An Opthamologist on Mars

September 1, 2010 – 9:07 pm

Oliver Sacks is interviewed on NeuroTribes where he talks about his forthcoming book and his own experience of spectacular hallucinations that occurred after he developed a tumour behind his retina. NeuroTribes is a new blog by ace science writer and Wired veteran Steve Silberman. It is part of the new PLoS science blog network and [...]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Other People, Seeing | Comments (3)

The class of 77%

September 1, 2010 – 5:11 pm

A study just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has found that only 23% of the population are without symptoms of personality disorder. If you’re not familiar with it, personality disorder is a somewhat controversial diagnosis which essentially classifies people who we might otherwise called ‘extremely difficult’ but to the point where they cause [...]

By vaughanbell | Posted in Theory, Togetherness | Comments (10)
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