Dr. Shock Medical Doctor

Specialty: Psychiatry
San Francisco, California
The author of this blog is Walter van den Broek. He is working as a psychiatrist since 1992. His... Full Bio
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Training Pilots to Land on Skis by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Just came back from Oxford UK, flying with some heavy wind and rain, peace of cake compared to these guys.Heidi Cullen visits the crew of the 109th Airlift Wing in Greenland t ... Read on »
Abolish The Off Side Rule in Soccer? Never! by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Dr Shock is a soccer fan, he’s Dutch, no wonder. One of the out most important topics discussed about the game is Off side. So much discussion is going on that people ho ... Read on »
How to create a Great PowerPoint Presentation by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health How to Create a Great PowerPoint – Take 2.0 from Alvin Trusty on Vimeo.This is a very long video but it addresses some useful tips and tricks how to make nice slides in ... Read on »
Recommended reading: From Statistics to Fort Hood by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Recommended reading is a weekly summary of interesting posts and selected links I posted on TwitterEvidence in Medicine: Correlation and CausationSource:Science-Based Medicine ... Read on »
Lying on Adolescents’ Blogs by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Adolescents are the most truthful about school and their life on blogs, whereas they are the least truthful about intimate topics such as family life and partnership. Adolesce ... Read on »
Self Diagnosis in General Practice by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health With the Internet many patients visit the GP after extensive searches on the Internet. They usually have an idea about what’s wrong with them. In a recent publication in ... Read on »
Chocolate Craving and the Menstrual Cycle by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health About chocolate craving:Research suggests that up to 97% of women and 68% of men experience food cravings. Chocolate is the most common one of the craved foods, typically high ... Read on »
The Neuroscience of Music Enjoyment and Depression by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health When feeling down good music can cheer you up. But when depressed, I mean clinically depressed, can you enjoy music? How is music enjoyment processed by the brain and how is t ... Read on »
Recommended Reading This Week: Empathy and Neurostimulation by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Recommended reading is a weekly summary of interesting posts and selected links I posted on TwitterWho says love hurts? Romantic partners alter our perception of painSource:Sc ... Read on »
Deep Brain Stimulation Animation by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Excellent animation of deep brain stimulation thanks to the Cleveland ClinicRelated posts:Hands on Blog For Deep Brain StimulationThere is a new blog with the written hands... ... Read on »
A Widow Paints A Health Care Protest by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The mural tells the story of a horrible day back in the spring. Fred was being transferred to a new hospital and Regina needed records of Fred’s many tests and treatment ... Read on »
Painters and Psychiatry by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Art and psychiatry is always an interesting combination to me. It has so many perspectives. Does being an artist combine with psychiatric illness, how do they influence each o ... Read on »
Finding Credible Health Information Online: MedLibs Round 1.8 by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The MedLib’s Round, the monthly blog carnival that highlights some of the best writing on medical librarianship, encompassing all stages in the publication and dissemina ... Read on »
Depression is like the worst disease you can get by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Stanford Professor Robert Sapolsky says “depression is like the worst disease you can get.” Here is an excerpt from that lecture. A video of the complete lecture i ... Read on »
Blogging About ECT, Hands on Experience by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The best information in health care is from patients who have been there. Those who underwent treatment, suffer from a certain illness. It’s the kind of hands on experie ... Read on »
Twitter Lists of Health and Science by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Two of my favorite blog colleagues wrote posts about twitter lists. Not the new feature of twitter to make your own lists and exchange them but a collection of medical and oth ... Read on »
The Art of Jim Campbell: How many pixels do you need? by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Depends? If the object is moving you’ll need less pixels or resolution.A man runs. He falls down. He struggles back onto his feet and he runs some more. It’s a sim ... Read on »
Palliative Care Grand Rounds 1.10 by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health The new Palliative Care Grand Rounds is up. It’s the monthly review of the best of palliative care related blogs.This month I am handing out awards because I am so glad ... Read on »
The Iconic Photo of the Berlin Wall by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health Twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall opened.When Anthony Suau’s agent sent him to cover the opening of the border between East and West Berlin, he knew it would be th ... Read on »
Music Preference and Substance Use by Dr. Shock Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Mental Health From a large Dutch epidemiological study: overall, when all other factors were controlled, punk/hardcore, techno/hardhouse, and reggae were associated with more substance use, ... Read on »