Volume 2 Issue 5 May, 2012 Alcohol Withdrawal features are commonly encountered in clinical practice across specialties and most of the time the patient may not have revealed to the clinician that he consumes alcohol regularly or has problem drinking. Criteria to say person is in withdrawal state are, there should be reduction or cessation […]
Month: November 2021
Guest Column: Down the Memory Lane
Volume 2 Issue 5 May, 2012 How do I Understand This Case? I am narrating here a summary of my observation concerning a unique pattern of illness manifestation in many rural patients attending the out‐patient services during my service at NIMHANS. They suffered from ‘somatoform disorders.’ In this, somatic symptoms are the presenting features, which […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 5 May, 2012 Patient, Doctor & Health Insurance! Over the past decade there has been flood of health insurance schemes by numerous companies in India. Insurance companies have made profit of millions from premium and have spent a minuscule on payment for utilization by policy holders. People have realized that health care […]
MIND CROSSWORD
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 Can you CROSS the CROSSWORD?? Across: 5. A psychomotor symptom seen in schizophrenia (9) 6. Disease of inability to fall asleep (8) Down: 1. Atypical antipsychotic causing agranulocytosis (9) 2. Restlessness caused by anti Psychotics (9) 3. This syndrome is a part of infantile spasms (4) 4. Tactile hallucinations […]
MIND QUIZ
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 An exclusive Section for Undergraduates and Postgraduates 1.Cognitive model of depression is given by, (a) Ellis (b) Beck (c) Godfrey (d) Meicheinbanon 2.Reflex hallucination is a morbid variety of‐ (a) Kinesthesia (b) Parasthesia (c) Hyperesthesia (d) Synanaesthesia 3.Formication and delusion of persecution occurs together in‐ (a) Cocaine (b) Amphetamine […]
Awareness Reframes Assumption Medications used in sleep disorders: MYTHS & FACTS
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 ❌ Medications are mainstay in Management of sleep disorders. ✅ Sleep Hygiene is very important in management of sleep disorders along with recommended usage of medications tailored to patients condition and advised use for specific time period. Caffeine, Alcohol, Tobacco and sleeping in day time should be avoided for […]
Focus: Pediatrics; Psychogenic (non‐epileptic) seizures (PNES)
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Pseudo seizures are attacks that look like epileptic seizures, but are not caused by abnormal electrical discharges. They are better termed as Psychogenic (non‐epileptic) seizures ( PNES) or non epileptic attack disorders and older terms pseudo seizures or hysterical seizures are discouraged. PNES are a physical […]
STRESS AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: NEED FOR RESILIENCY
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 Stress is a consequence of or a general response to an action or situation that places special physical or psychological demands or both on a person. Small amounts of stress (‘eustress’) can have positive effects by energizing people towards goal, however excessive stress can seriously and negatively impact a […]
Guest Column: Down the Memory Lane
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 How do I Understand This Case? Once, Dr. Royadu narrated to me a clinical incident in his practice when he was a general practitioner in Ranibennur. A male daily‐wage laborer from a nomadic tribe attended his clinic with severe pneumonia and fever. Explaining the seriousness of the illness, the […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 4 April, 2012 An Innovative Library!!! There is growing concern that medical students are restricting themselves to examination oriented books rather than reading recommended books and their interest in exploring new books has reached low level in the past decade. Not many are aware that most of the library books in medical […]