Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 Can you CROSS the CROSSWORD?? !! LEVEL: NOT SO EASY ANSWERS: GIVEN BELOW Across: 4. Shakespeare work & It’s morbid jealousy(7) 6. Difficulty in sleeping (7) 8. ‘Magnan symtoms’ are caused by (7) Down: 1. Cheese reaction after inhibiting this enzyme (3) 2. Binge eating & Vomiting (7) 3. […]
Month: October 2021
MIND QUIZ
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 An exclusive Section for Undergraduates and Postgraduates 1. Which of these is not an Atypical Antipsychotic? a) Risperidone b) Olanzapine c) Clozapine d) Haloperidol 2. Which of these is not an SSRI? a) Duloxetine b)Escitalopram c) Paroxetine d) Sertraline 3. Which of these is not a personality disorder (PD)? […]
A QUICK NEUROPSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry -Focus: Neurology The neuropsychiatric examination is one of the most unique exercises in all of clinical medicine, and is performed to localize a lesion in the central or peripheral nervous system, diagnose neurological and psychiatric disorders. The statement has been made, “History tells you what it […]
Myths & Facts about Medications Used in Psychiatry
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 ❌ Medications used for management of psychiatric disorders cause dependency. ✅ Most of medications used in management of psychiatric disorders do not cause dependency except Benzodiazepines which are used only for limited period & symptomatic management. All medications used for management of psychiatric disorders are ‘sleeping drugs’. ✅ Sleep […]
SUICIDE PREVENTION AMONGST MEDICAL STUDENTS:
Towards A Model for Institutional Approach
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 Suicide remains the second most common cause of death among medical students in the United States, prevalence of which in India is not known. The question of motive deserves careful attention as “academic and personal stress” and “unsuitability for the profession” may explain why medical students take this extreme […]
Guest Column: Down the Memory Lane
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 Series 2: How do I understand this case? Late Dr. Raghavendra Rao, a consultant cardiologist had published in the year 2000 a book in Kannada (“Vaidya Keliddu, Kandaddu,” ‐ ‘what the doctor heard and saw,’) containing interesting anecdotes from his practice. One is about a past middle aged male […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 3 March, 2012 Encourage Research Activities among Undergraduates India in the ancient times was a seat of learning, which was admired by rest of the world. Off late, India’s contribution to medical sciences especially in the area of research has been low. Research papers, even from countries like Brazil, Singapore and China […]
MIND CROSSWORD
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 Can you CROSS the CROSSWORD?? !! LEVEL: NOT SO EASY ANSWERS: GIVEN BELOW Across: 1. Impairment of movement despite normal motor and sensory functions (7) 6. Most Potent Hallucinogen (3) 7. Pioneer of “psychosurgery” (5) 8. Antidepressants used in nocturnal enuresis (10) Down: 2. Group of disorders with resting […]
MIND QUIZ
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 An exclusive Section for Undergraduates and Postgraduates 1. Electroencephalogram (EEG) was introduced by : Cerletti & Bini 2. Delay & Deniker 3. Hans Berger 4. Mesmer 2. Who has been often called as the “First Psychiatrist”? Paraceisus 2. Hippocrates 3. John Weyer 4. Sigmund Freud 3. Flashback phenomenon may […]
FIBROMYALGIA
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Orthopedics Although among patients reporting at orthopedics outpatient department are more commonly referred to psychiatrist for somatization, somatoform pain disorder and those symptoms where no organic cause could be elicited. Consultation liaison with psychiatry for management of Fibromyalgia can be beneficial to patients and clinician […]