Alcohol stimulates the reward center of the brain. That is why people addicted to alcohol keep using alcohol. When a child or a person who is not an ‘alcoholic’ takes alcohol, what happens to the Reward centre? Nothing happens, according to available scientific evidence…
In an online conversation, myths about marijuana are debunked…
What evidence from social psychology, for example Pavlov’s famous experiment, teaches us about how the alcohol industry conditions people to like and enjoy their products and associate pleasure with intake of ethanol…
Examining the assumption that drugs used intravenous kick in fast: what do drug users say and what does biology have to tell us? This blog post offers a provocative examination of long-held assumptions about narcotic drugs…
Belief that drugs induce euphoria is an armchair theory, and we need to question that belief scientifically. For many, science encourages them to think scientifically only in selected situations…
Hi and very welcome to my blog corner!
I am Dr. Mahesh Rajasuriya from Sri Lanka. I am a Senior Lecturer in Psychological Medicine with a special interest in psychotherapy at Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. I also work as a Consultant Psychiatrist at National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. I also happen to be the Chairperson of the Governing Board of ADIC Sri Lanka.
I obtained my MD in Psychiatry in Sri Lanka in 2005 and left for Australia for further training. I joined University of Colombo in 2010, after serving two years at General Hospital, Ampara, which is situated in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka.
Currently I am doing an MPhil degree by research based on a randomised control trial on treatment methods for alcohol use disorders.
