CL Psychiatry

Volume 2 Issue 5 May, 2012 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT) has long been known to be helpful in Psychiatry to detect recent consumption of alcohol, as this information can be useful during motivational interview in alcohol de-addiction. However knowledge about GGT can be of help to physicians across specialities. GGT is a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Volume 1 Issue 6 December, 2011 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: PATHOLOGY Problems due to alcohol have been a worldwide phenomenon for generations. The consumption of alcohol is on the rise with the economic developments, more so in countries like India. Intake of alcohol beyond certain limits has serious health hazard, the liver being the most […]

Volume 1 Issue 4 October, 2011 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: NEUROANATOMY Schizophrenia is a fascinating disorder for clinicians & researchers in various field of medicine as it is a complexpsychiatric disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations and or negative symptoms, with high personal andsocietal costs. Even the patients and their relatives are curious to know the […]

Volume-1 Issue-5 November, 2011 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Focus: Dermatology For generations people have been aware of profound impact the skin disorders have on psychosocial aspects of individuals and vice versa. It is recently that we have been able understand the biological connection between them. Psychocutaneous disorders encompass a wide variety of dermatological diseases that may […]

Volume-1 Issue-3 September, 2011 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Otorhinolaryngology Headache is not new to anybody, in fact I had one yesterday, which subsided with a small nap! Well most ofthe people suffer from headache one day or the other, so it won’t be surprising that this symptom is taken very lightlyby the people. Only when […]

Volume-1 Issue-2 August, 2011 A clinical syndrome of thyroid hormone deficiency is represented in the literature as a stereo typical cluster of symptoms and signs. But the clinical presentation is diverse, complicated and often overlooked. The hypothyroid state serves as a potential basis for multiple somatic complaints and psychological disturbances. At times psychiatric manifestations may […]