Ketamine could help overcome alcohol addiction by “erasing” drink-related memories.

Ketamine could help overcome alcohol addiction by “erasing” drink-related memories.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jan/24/radical-ketamine-therapy-could-treat-alcohol-addiction-erase-memories?CMP=fb_gu Scientists believe that a radical treatment involving the tranquilliser ketamine could help overcome alcohol addiction by “erasing” drink-related memories. Psychologists based at University College London are testing whether a one-off dose of the drug could help hazardous drinkers who are trying to reduce their alcohol intake. Alcohol addiction is a grave condition that may…

Dress codes read like the fantasies of middle-aged men

Dress codes read like the fantasies of middle-aged men

It is the extraordinary intimacy in the detail that makes the “reception service provider” Portico’s 2016 dress code feel almost pornographic. Here is a sample from its “what we want to see” list: “Regularly maintained hair colour (if individual colours hair) with no visible roots.” No flower accessories. “Makeup at all times (unless for medical…

Health experts condemn attempts to ‘cure’ trans people

Health experts condemn attempts to ‘cure’ trans people

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/16/health-experts-condemn-attempts-to-cure-trans-people-in-wake-of-controversial-bbc-documentary/ A statement from the health bodies said: “We the undersigned UK organisations wish to state that the practice of conversion therapy has no place in the modern world. It is unethical and harmful and not supported by evidence. “Conversion Therapy is the term for therapy that assumes certain sexual orientations or gender identities are…

It looks like he was right all along

It looks like he was right all along

http://www.science20.com/news_articles/freud_was_right-212606 Mark Solms, Ph.D., is the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and founder of the journal Neuropsychoanalysis, and at the upcoming National Meeting of the American Psychoanalytic Association on January 20th he will review three central psychoanalytic concepts about the human mind, all of them ideas first developed by Freud, and…

How a Narcissist Projects Their Identity on Others

How a Narcissist Projects Their Identity on Others

Projective Identification: How a Narcissist Projects Their Identity on Othershttps://t.co/yZGAgjn8hY — PsychCentral (@PsychCentral) January 22, 2017 But something seemed a bit off about her as she was too put together and completely lacked the usual anxious reaction that corresponds with living with a narcissist. Her appearance was immaculate, her mannerism was guarded, she shed what…