Binge drinking is defined as consuming at least four drinks for women and five drinks for men in a single drinking session, at least once every 14 days on average. New research suggests that binge drinking at college is associated with high status and these drinkers are happier with their college social experience than their […]
This past week, I presented a paper at the 2nd Canadian Conference on Positive Psychology. The paper was titled, “From Despondency to Hope: Ending Addiction for Good Using a Positive Psychological Approach.” Positive Psychology is a relatively new field of psychological research and intervention. The University of Pennsylvania describes positive psychology in this way: […]
LSD may help those diagnosed with a life-threatening disease cope with the pain and anxiety of facing death. Further study is warranted due to the urgent need of more effective therapies for those facing painful, life-ending illnesses and the promising results of a historic new study. Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, a hallucinogenic drug commonly called LSD […]
Schedule 1 drugs are “drugs with no acceptable medical use” according to the Controlled Substance Act of 1970. This classification puts certain drugs into the most strongly regulated category of controlled substances. LSD, MDMA, marijuana and psilocybin are included in this class of drugs. However, some of the drugs put in this class have in […]
I have just arrived in Israel to participate in the Jerusalem International Conference on Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Modifiability (June 2-5, 2013). This is a gathering of some of the world’s leading brain science scholars and researchers who will share new breakthroughs in the application of the principles of neuroplasticity and cognitive modifiability to various human […]
Is it possible to feel happy and sad simultaneously? That is my experience here in Osaka, Japan at the close of the International Academic Forum’s (IAFOR) conference on psychology and the behavioral sciences. As we gathered to take our closing photo, I looked at the faces of my colleagues who have enlivened my days with […]