Stories
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Dating on dopamine
Drug treatment for Parkinson’s can come with an unwanted side serving of compulsive behaviour, as Pete Langman discovered. Read about his dating journey in a dopamine cloud.
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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The solidarity of sickness
Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.
Catalogue
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Brain dysfunction in children : etiology, diagnosis, and management / editor, Perry Black.
Date: [1981], ©1981- Books
Electroshock : its brain-disabling effects / Peter Roger Breggin.
Breggin, Peter Roger, 1936-Date: [1979], ©1979- Books
Alcohol, drugs, and brain damage : proceedings of a symposium [on] effects of chronic use of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs on cerebral function / edited by James G. Rankin.
Date: 1975- Books
Addiction and brain damage / edited by Derek Richter.
Date: [1980], ©1980- Books
Biological risk factors for psychosocial disorders / edited by Michael Rutter, Paul Casaer.
Date: 1991