B.B. King is Gone
The thrill is gone
It’s gone away for good
The thrill is gone baby
It’s gone away for good
Someday I know I’ll be open armed baby
Just like I know a good man should
Words not enough for all the influence, hard work and contributions to music this artist has achieved.
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - May 15, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
Lithium
I came across an impressive poem through an interpretation of the poem in the British Journal of General Practice.
Lithium
After the arc of ECT
and the blunt concussion of pills,
they gave him lithium to cling to—
the psychiatrist’s stone.
A metal that floats on water,
must be kept in kerosene,
can be drawn into wire.
(He who had jumped in the harbor,
burnt his hair off,
been caught hanging from the light.)
He’d heard it was once used
to make hydrogen bombs,
but now was a coolant for nuclear reactors,
so he broke out of hospital barefoot
and walked ten miles to meet me in the snow.
The interpretation can be ...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - April 17, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Bipolar disorder Source Type: blogs
Iqtell
So now and then I write about my workflow. Since email is the most important reason for diversion of my attention and often hard to handle due to the enormous amount of emails. This enormous amount of emails mostly caused by no or little email etiquette by some. Even email rules only helps a little. Even thought of ditching email altogether.
Some emails are important since they are tasks, other emails do have important attachments. Some should be linked to an event in my calendar.
Since years I’m used to work with “Getting Things Done” (GTD) principles. I tried several solutions to implement GTD in a work...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - February 28, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
0.8 Amps of Happiness
This is the title of an impressive documentary of treatment with Electroshock or ECT. Three patients are portrayed as they’re being treated with Electro Shock Therapy (ECT) for their depressions. This documentary was made by Saskia Gubbels and her crew.
‘There will come a moment when I decide to lie down in the snow to die. Because living like this isn’t much of a life. It really isn’t. It’s death.’
These are the opening words of Lidwine in the documentary ‘0.8 Amps of Happiness.’ Severely depressed and suicidal, she has tried everything to break free from the downward spiral she finds herself trapped ...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - January 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: ECT Source Type: blogs
Do coincidences exist?
Our brains are very good at explaining from being hyper attentive putting things together for avoiding harmful situations.
Nice video, learn about magical thinking, palindrome, pareidolia and biases such as the selection bias, confirmation bias.
These last two are not very strange to doctors especially those seasoned in clinical reasoning.
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - January 6, 2015 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Education Source Type: blogs
Depression and its treatment
Excellent video explaining depression from a neurobiological perspective.
Around one in every 10 people will suffer from depression. Brain regions that control mood are often disrupted in depression. Antidepressant drugs or behavioral therapy can offer some relief. By understanding the brain better, our ability to treat depression should also get a boost.
Watch the video to learn about the neural circuits affected in depression, and the molecular and cellular changes that might hold the key to treating it. Created by the editors at Nature Neuroscience: http://www.nature.com/neuro/index.html
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - January 5, 2015 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Depression Neuroscience treatment Source Type: blogs
Your Brain On Coffee
In this video the effects of caffeine on the brain are explained.
Want to know the half life of caffeine? Watch the video.
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - September 8, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
The Science of Depression
Good and short video about the possible explanations for the origin of depression. From serotonin, to neurogenesis and genetics.
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - August 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Dr Shock Tags: Depression Source Type: blogs
Your Brain and Video Games
This is an interesting video since it uses video games to explain how your brain works. In this instance in video games. For instance Neural Prediction or the way you estimate a ball coming towards you so to be able to catch it in time. At least before it hits you in the face.
Neuroscience is used to explain this phenomenon. More about sensory gaming, level developing in games, lag and latency compensation etc. all in this interesting video. Finally it explains why we suck at video games(original blog post).
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Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - August 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
Barefoot Water Skiing
Never saw this before. Barefoot water skiing. Didn’t believe it. Here is a behind the scene video: http://youtu.be/rezN4lfcs38
(Source: Dr Shock MD PhD)
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - August 3, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
Twitter Psychosis
This abstract came up in my RSS feed, I was flabbergasted. Could that be true. Is it internet addiction or video game addiction all over again? Reading the full article showed the authors have very little to back up their suggested causal relation between twitter and psychosis. Other factors could more likely contribute to the episode. Moreover, another egg chicken problem.
Kalbitzer, J., Mell, T., Bermpohl, F., Rapp, M., & Heinz, A. (2014). Twitter Psychosis The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 202 (8) DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000173
(Source: Dr Shock MD PhD)
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - August 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
Cocoa workers tasting chocolate for the first time
The farmers who harvest cocoa beans for a few cents in the Ivory Coast never tasted chocolate. Watch their faces when they eat it for the first time.
For us westerners chocolate is just one more thing. It’s inconsequential. We like to eat it, sometimes we get delighted by it for a minute. But more often than not it’s just one more snack to stuff our fat faces with. We don’t think about it and the incredible effort and resources that are required to make it. We take it for granted along with the other billion foods and the other billion other technologies and privileges we didn’t fight for.
...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - August 1, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Chocolate Source Type: blogs
Adapt Your Digital Footprint
Things change, the way yoy think, feel and act will also change during your life. In that sense your digital footprint is always there. Start using the Internet at a later age usually has the advantage of being aware of temporality of things, thoughts and feelings. Students are usually not aware of their digital footprint and they need to be helped understanding their digital footprint. The have to know that it is an integral part of being a good digital citizen. Knowing that you leave behind as you conduct your digital life is useful – and can even help you in some scenarios. How do you delete your digital footprin...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - July 31, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Shrink Life in General Source Type: blogs
AMEE 2014 and preparing for a conference
This year I will be attending the AMEE conference in Milan, Italy.
The AMEE Conference provides an opportunity for all with an interest in medical and health professions education to meet together to hear about what’s new in the area, to share ideas and to network with colleagues from around the world.
During my career conferences mostly deliver little new information especially taking into account the time needed for the conference.
I try to attend those conferences with the most efficacy in the sense of learning and information. This comes down to mostly specialized conferences on small subject.
Luckily this time I wi...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - July 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Academic Source Type: blogs
Young People on Psychosis
Hands on description of psychosis and it’s consequences.
An enthralling short film made by John Richardson (former service user) and Belinda Giles. Surrounding the experience of psychosis and the positive role the Early Intervention service can play in that often rocky voyage. Featuring captivating personal insights alongside a tightly woven narrative. Provocatively packed with vintage newsreel footage, humorous animations and imaginative imagery.
You can read an interview with the 25-year-old filmmaker John Richardson here. He and two other young people recount their personal stories of psychosis and the help they r...
Source: Dr Shock MD PhD - July 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Walter van den Broek Tags: Psychiatry psychosis Source Type: blogs
