Mythology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cold cook methods: an ethnographic exploration on the myths of methamphetamine production and policy implications.

2 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Urban legends and myths are prevalent in drug-use environments. However, the distinction between myth and fact is not always clear. We found contradictory claims regarding the emergence of cold cook methods for producing methamphetamine ... Read more...

The convenient myth of Thomas Szasz.

30 Jan 2009 Thomas Szasz's original critique of the concept of 'mental illness' is almost 50 years old. Over that half century Szasz has maintained a consistent campaign against the 'Therapeutic State', challenging the paternalism of coercive psychiatry and ... Read more...

Suicide and Western culture.

30 Jan 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to examine the cultural roots and transmission of Western suicide and suicidal behaviour. METHOD: We explored a period of antiquity (mythical Greece-61 CE) and selected accounts of 10 prominent suicides. The ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mythology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The jugglery of a mythophilic animal. 30 Aug 2009
• Medicine and the arts. L'incendio di Borgo. Commentary. 30 Aug 2009
• Beware of three big health-care myths. 29 Aug 2009
• Medical myths even some doctors believe. 30 Jul 2009
• The cultural myth of Koro conceptualization: time for a rethink. 30 May 2009
• The tokoloshe homunculus. 29 Apr 2009
• [Twins and cultures] 30 Mar 2009
• [The eye that sees everything] 27 Feb 2009
• [Nostradamus prophesied about death but saved lives during the plague epidemic] 27 Feb 2009
• Psychopathology in twins: ancient case study. 27 Feb 2009
• Ulysses and the Sirens: a parable of the hard-liners of neurosurgery. 27 Feb 2009
• Mount Tsukuba and the origin of tacrolimus. 27 Feb 2009
• Cold cook methods: an ethnographic exploration on the myths of methamphetamine production and policy implications. 2 Feb 2009
• The convenient myth of Thomas Szasz. 30 Jan 2009
• Nullandi: the first name in neurophysiology and cognitive therapy. 30 Jan 2009
• Suicide and Western culture. 30 Jan 2009
• [Hermaphroditos in Greek mythology--DSD in moderne medicine] 5 Jan 2009
• Religious fundamentalism and its impact on the female gender. 30 Dec 2008
• Entering dubious realms: Grover Krantz, science, and Sasquatch. 30 Dec 2008
• "Pur sarripu pursa trutin": monster-fighting and medicine in early medieval Scandinavia. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Mythology'

Definition: A body of stories, the origins of which may be unknown or forgotten, that serve to explain practices, beliefs, institutions or natural phenomena. Mythology includes legends and folk tales. It may refer to classical mythology or to a body of modern thought and modern life. (From Webster's 1st ed)

Descriptor UI: D009229

Alternative terms: Mythology;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology;

Tree Number: K01.517.647;

Technical Notes: classical or modern; includes legends & folk tales; med mythology: do not coord with MEDICINE; DF: MYTHOL