What are bath salts and why are they dangerous?

Medications
July 5, 2012

Bath salts are a relatively new group of designer drugs sold as tablets, capsules, or powder and purchased in places such as tobacco and convenience stores, gas stations, head shops, and the Internet.

They are stimulants that mimic cocaine, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), methamphetamine, or methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy). According to a recent article in the Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, the most common bath salts are MDPV, mephedrone, and methylone. These drugs cause …

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What are bath salts and why are they dangerous?

The difference between a child psychologist and child psychiatrist

Physician
December 8, 2011

What exactly is the difference between a child psychologist and child psychiatrist?  The two terms are frequently mistakenly interchanged, but the requirements for the two are considerably different.

To become a child psychologist, many programs require that you get an undergraduate degree in psychology, although some graduate programs will only require that you take the prerequisite sciences courses (biology, physical and social sciences, statistics, mathematics, etc.) before applying for the graduate …

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The difference between a child psychologist and child psychiatrist