Came across this funny article. It drew my attention because of my interest in chocolate. It seems from this research that their are three kinds of chocolate eaters: “fast chewers”, “thorough chewers” and “suckers”. The thorough chewers take a significant time for chewing on the chocolate and chew a lot more than the other two groups. Fast chewers keep the chocolate in their mouth for a much shorter time with a significant higher chew rate. Suckers are those that suck on the chocolate rather then chew on it, they also take more time for consuming the chocolate. They chew less .....read more »

At the blog: Frontier Psychiatrist an extensive interview with Nicholas Tromans, a Senior Lecturer at London’s Kingston University. He is the author of Richard Dadd: the Artist and the Asylum. Nice interview. Richard Dadd (1 August 1817 – 7 January 1886) was an English painter of the Victorian era. Following a long tour of the Middle East in the early 1840s he succumbed to a schizophrenia-type illness, following which he murdered his father and fled to France where he attacked another traveller. After his return to England he spent over forty years in the Bethlem and Broadmoor, during which period most .....read more »

At the Museo di Storia della Medicina della Sapienza at the University of Rome they are organizing an exhibition around the Bini–Cerletti apparatus for the administration of electro-shock. The authors are very careful in expressing their appreciation for this therapy. They disregarding the period of development of treatment of severe mental illness in that period. Consisting of much more dangerous treatment alternatives. Moreover, littel is mentioned about the improvement of technique, apparatus and indications for treatment with ECT. In Italy the use of ECT is very rare. Italian colleagues regret this, they would also would like to have the possibility .....read more »

Amazing video, impressive work with three ipods Using three iPods like magical props, Marco Tempest spins a clever, surprisingly heartfelt meditation on truth and lies, art and emotion.Related posts: The Truth About Amsterdam How The Brain Creates Meaning Meditation for Beginners ..read more »

Excellent information in this video about Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) from Medicana life. Haven't written about ECT for a while, hope you find all the information on this site useful. The information about ECT is carefully selected by me, a psychiatrist with special interest in ECT and depression. Related posts on ECT can be found down this blog post. Another short introduction especially on indications for ECT by Dr Daniel Carlat can be found online hereRelated posts: 10 Video’s on Electroconvulsive Therapy 11 New Sites and Blog posts with information about Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) Information from the Royal College of Psychiatrists about electroconvulsive therapy ..read more »

What if you're in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen -- and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal anesthesia machine. The solution to 18 power outages a month.No related posts. ..read more »

Dan Roam - Vivid Grammar from Duarte Design on Vimeo. Dan Roam used the rules of verbal grammar to build a Visual Grammar Graph that bridges the gap between verbal and visual concepts. Vivid Grammar is featured in his new book, BLAH BLAH BLAH. How to translate your verbal message into a visual concept. Amazing solution. Thanks to Duarte BlogNo related posts. ..read more »

The problem: young adults have a high prevalence of mental health problems (up to 25% in a year), the usually don't tend to seek help for these problems. About 78% of American young adults look online for information about health. 18-39% of young adults write blogs or an online journal. A recent article was published from authors who conducted a qualitative grounded theory analysis of the blogs of young adults (18–25 years of age) who were specifically blogging about their experiences with mental health problems. The researchers did this in order to understand why young adults are particularly unlikely .....read more »