Last year, I wrote about coping with an unhappy mother's day when your relationship with your mother is less than perfect. A comment from a reader yesterday reminded me that it is not only the children of abusive mothers who find this annual celebration painful, but also those mothers whose children have turned away from them. Read More...

The controversial fifth edition of the gold-standard medical textbook used for the diagnosis of mental conditions, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-V, has been re-opened for feedback from the public until June 15th, 2012. Read More...

A recent blog in the Huffington Post claimed that US Drug Czar, Gil Kerlikowske, confused the hemp plant with the marijuana plant in a bizarre defense of the move to disallow US farmers from producing industrial hemp. Read More...

Last night's episode of Mad Men showed a group of middle aged executives dropping acid together.  This bizarre muddle of clichés and myths about LSD bore little resemblance to the psychedelic experience as reported by those who have taken it. Read More...