Forensic Psychiatry

NYPD now has own scholar to help review threats (Boston Globe)

6 Jul 2008

He was a flight surgeon with the Navy and a CIA officer in Pakistan. He has also earned a doctorate in sociology and written two books.

Russian authorities to take harder line against magicians, ESPs (Itar-Tass)

4 Jul 2008

MOSCOW, July 4 (Itar-Tass) -- To believe in matters supernatural is human. Those professing traditional monotheistic religions have faith in God. But also there are many who sincerely believe in magic, extra-sensorial persons, the UFOs and other paranormal and esoteric phenomena.

People Who Smoke Skunk Are 18 Times More Likely To Develop Psychosis (Medical News Today)

3 Jul 2008

People who smoke skunk, the extra strong cannabis grown in hothouse conditions, are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis that those who take the milder forms such as hash (cannabis resin), a new study has found.