Down the memory Lane

Volume 4 Issue 9 Sept 2014 Dare to include and not stigmatize! Seeta was asked to leave her B.Sc. nursing studies by the principal of nursing college as she had attempted ending her life. She was informed that according to some rules, if a student nurse attempts suicide during the course, she is not allowed […]

Volume 4 Issue 8 Aug 2014 ‘A SURPRISE RESCUE’ Ram, a 22-year-old, short and thin built, was admitted in the psychiatry ward with a diagnosis of catatonic schizophrenia. On daily ward rounds, I used to see him and demonstrate various signs to the students and my colleagues with an air of confidence. I would move […]

Volume 4 Issue 7 July 2014 The faithful old client A person peeped into my consultation room and said: “I have brought a friend of mine for your consultation. Will you be able to see him today?” I could recognize the person as an old patient of mine treated for alcohol dependence and had remained […]

Volume 4 Issue 6 June, 2014 A young man, an old patient of mine treated for an acute psychotic episode, visited my clinic to give me his marriage invitation. He insisted that I attend his marriage. On asking him whether he has told the girl and her family about having had psychiatric treatment he said […]

Volume 4 Issue 5 May, 2014 A RURAL ENCOUNTER After my post-graduation I was working in a rural health project ‘Major mental morbidity survey’ at a village. I hadto go on my bicycle to hamlets around for door to door survey. I had an updated list of all households in thecatchment area with the name […]

Volume 4 Issue 3 March, 2014 The “Art” of Interview On a busy OP day my resident reported that the patient, a bank employee, he was allotted for detail work up was not co-operative. He was reluctant to give family history and wanted to talk to me. After making him wait for some time I […]

Volume 4 Issue 2 February, 2014 Blunted Affect There was a patient admitted to the ward, may be 3rd or 4th time by then. He was around 45 years, married and without an offspring. During the rounds on several occasions I had commented about his shallow affect and even told my students that he has […]

Volume 4 Issue 1 January, 2014 The Accompanying Person A woman in her 50s was regularly visiting me for follow-up, accompanied by a man of around same age, for nearly a year while I was doing my postgraduation. She was handed over to me by my senior for the purpose. She was diagnosed as having […]

Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Stirring up a Hornet’s nest While doing my post-graduation, I had an interesting interaction with a person in the campus. He was an elderly man, probably in his sixties, who was running a small shop in the campus near the old psychiatry OPD, clad in khadi shirt and mundu […]

Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 The Idiosyncratic Abbreviation During the PG days at NIMHANS, once we, my friend and I, were discussing some academic stuff in the ward. There was a junior PG sitting along. The junior remarked that she was unable to understand our discussion as we were using many abbreviations. We started […]