At the same time that suicides are rising, so are prescriptions for anti-depressants, on its own not necessarily a bad thing, but a barometer of our collective mental health. Perhaps the greatest achievement of our time is the gains made in life expectancy. We are living much longer than our Victorian counterparts who were lucky to see their fortie...

For Dr Amanda Brown, a village GP in Buckinghamshire, the idea of working in a prison was so off the radar that when the offer came, her first reaction was surprise that such jobs existed. "It had never occurred to me that doctors even worked in prisons," she says. "How stupid was I? But I thought it sounded fun. Interesting. Different." The offer ...

Druglords make billions on selling psychoactive drugs in rich countries, and the war is lost unless we change strategy. How could we improve on this war? The power of money can buy anything including politicians, and I think we should go at the root of the problem if we want to resolve it. From where that money comes? From people of course, and fro...

In this article I'm trying to discuss how terror fight could be improved, virtually without additional expenses for the taxpayers. Violence is a complex topic which involves many factors including economy, human values, corruption, and environment. Terrorism is the use of violence with the aim of achieving a political or ideological goal at the exp...

In this article I'm trying to discuss how violence emerge, and what we can do about it.  Violence is a complex topic which involves many factors including economy, human values, corruption, and environment. Considering violence as a disease is a relatively new approach that is being adopted by some countries, especially in the west. Bear with ...

It seems age is an important factor to access 'adult' content online, though in reality anyone can click and access anything. My question is not on the target recipient (adult or kid) but on the content itself and the effects that it could trigger on the average person. Let's take the example of a terror propaganda. Recently the UK government appro...

In Indian culture women have a crucial and highly respected role. Of course this is not what recently was reported by media, but I'll probably discuss that in another article.  Indians are about 80% Hindus and in this article I'll focus on this community, although there are inspiring examples in all cultures all over the world. For Indians a w...

Criminal records are full of facts that, according to the public opinion, would deserve an eternal penalty. According to Hervey M Cleckley, Psychopathy is diagnosed using an assessment tool that scores individuals against a series of criteria. Those above a certain threshold are officially classified as psychopaths, but not all psychopaths are crim...