Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 ❌ Anorexia nervosa is seen only in young women. ✅ Anorexia nervosa seen also in men but rare. ❌ Anorexia nervosa is an anxiety disorder. ✅ Anorexia nervosa is not anxiety disorder. It is classified under behavioural syndrome associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors according to WHO ICD […]
Month: October 2021
Late onset Depression
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 It is a major misconception among many that depression is a normal phenomenon in the aged population. However, it is not true, as a majority of the aged population enjoy a sense of well being as all others. Late onset depression is considered a distinct clinical entity and is […]
Guest Column: Down the Memory Lane
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 How do I Understand This Case ? On an Out‐patient day at NIMHANS, a PG presented the history of a male patient in his mid‐30s with complaints of bouts of abnormal behavior. He had delayed milestones of development, could not progress beyond 8th standard and had mild mental retardation. […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 2 February, 2012 Towards an i4 Class! This is an age of iPods, iPad, iPhones & already iPhone 4s,the latest version of smart phones is available! The current trend of utilization of high end technology products will only increase over a period of time . Most of the kindergarten & schools in […]
MIND CROSSWORD
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 Can you CROSS the CROSSWORD?? !! LEVEL: NOT SO EASY ANSWERS: GIVEN BELOW Across: 6. The father of American psychiatry (12) 7. Who propagated moral treatment of insanity? (5) Down: 1. Showed that a metal had antimanic properties(8) 2. One of the first to discover chlorpromazine (7) 3. First […]
MIND QUIZ
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 An exclusive Section for Undergraduates and Postgraduates 1. Differential diagnosis for Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Hypothyroidism 2.Hyperthyroidism 3.Hypercalcemia 4.Hypocalcemia 2. Modern ECT is a contribution of? Igas Moniz 2. Jauregg 3. Delay & Deniker 4. Cerletti & Bini 3. According to WHO criteria AUTISM can be diagnosed by age of? […]
Nicotine de addiction – Myths & Facts
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 ❌ To Quit smoking is dangerous adventure as saying goes once a smoker, always a smoker. ✅ Smoking can be discontinued safely at anytime and it is never harmful to give up smoking. ❌ Smoking has health benefits as it reduces tension and gives relief, filtered cigarette or cigars/ […]
Cortisol assay, stress & exams!
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Physiology One wonders what exactly drives students to perform better during exams more so during graduation especially in medical schools where exam pattern are considered tough compared to all other course. Though we know too many factor play role during stress & it’s equally difficult […]
Emergence of Psychiatry as valued medical speciality across world
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 `In 1975, when I was a junior resident in psychiatry, Milton Greenblatt1famously wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine about psychiatry as follows; “For many years psychiatry has been the battered child of medicine. Born in witchcraft and demonical possession, feared by the public, often scorned by the […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 1 January, 2012 In Search of Directions: A Case of Post Internship Dilemma! As January heralds New Year, bringing in cheers to many, it is also beginning of rollercoaster ride for Interns who are about graduate & also for thousands of aspirants who want to pursue post graduation. Its time when almost […]