Volume 7 Issue 6 June, 2017 Value of Ethical practice It was a decade and a half ago when I started working as lecturer in psychiatry in a general hospital. I came across a graduate patient with alcohol dependence syndrome whose family was fed up with his irresponsible behavior when he is inebriated. Twice he […]
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Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 5 May, 2017 Menders of Mind It happened during my PGCET preparations and I had been in a confusion deciding as to what subject take up for my specialization. I was keen to take up OBG to make a name and fame. It was a sunny day when my friend invited me […]
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Volume 7 Issue 4 April, 2017 Autism: Down the memory lane During my post-graduation I had seen only 1 case of autism. As a faculty I saw the second case, an adult who was severely autistic. I knew nothing about autism. Seeing a friend struggle with her autistic son made me determined to learn more. […]
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Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 If you want to use your brain.. It was my first day in medical ward as MBBS student. Dr. Bisht, professor of medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry, asked us about what we want to specialise after MBBS. All the boys wanted to be surgeons. All the girls wanted to be gynecologists […]
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Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 Fatal (!?) Greif Reaction A 54 year old man was brought to my outpatient clinic with the history of abnormal behavior characterizedby crying spells, blank staring, unusual laughing to self, reduced interaction and speech, withdrawn behavior andpoor self-care, lethargy, reduced sleep and food intake since he lost his son […]
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Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 Pain in the neck! The neurologist in next chamber does not know Tamil. A Tamil speaking woman has been consulting him with a translator. The translator told she has intolerable neck pain and headache. Local doctor referred her to the neurologist when pain killers did not help. The neurologist […]
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Volume 11 Issues 1 January, 2021 CONVERTING A PHYSICAL DISABILITY TO MENTAL STRENGTH In my 2nd PUC, an idea was registered in my hippo campus when I read about Dr David Hartman, the first blind psychiatrist, in my English textbook. This idea inspired me to take MBBS in Ramaiah Medical College. A Psychiatry professor conducted […]
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Volume 11 Issues 2 February, 2021 By virtue of being a resident at one of India’s premier mental health institutes, NIMHANS, I had good exposure to psychiatry, diagnoses and management of psychiatric illnesses. Case discussions, seminars and solving complicated cases was a challenging journey. At the end of residency, I was very eager to start […]
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Volume 11 Issues 3 March, 2021 It was a hot summer evening when I attended to this lady. I was pursuing postgraduate training in psychiatry and was about to complete first year of residency. Though it was the month of summer vacations for the institute, the time was rather busy for junior residents like me. […]
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Volume 11 Issues 4 April, 2021 Case conference presentation – A learning experience During our post-graduation days, we all had to present certain number of cases in our weekly academic teaching programme. When my turn came, I was given a diagnosed case of Bipolar Affective Disorder who was in depressive episode at that time. In […]