A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Volume 13 Issues 8 August, 2023 The microbiota-gut-brain axis has gained significant attention in recent years due to its potential role in mental health and mental illness. Here’s how it’s implicated: 1. Impact on Neurotransmitter Production: The gut microbiota produces neurotransmitters, including serotonin, dopamine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), crucial in mood regulation and emotional well-being. […]
Volume 13 Issues 7 July, 2023 Neurodiversity is about acknowledging that each person’s brain is developed uniquely, resulting in differences in abilities and behavioural traits among all people. Neurodiversity in the medical profession is an increasingly recognised and valued aspect of diversity. Neurodiversity refers to the natural variation in human brain function and cognition, including […]
Volume 13 Issues 6 June, 2023 As the awareness towards psychiatric disorders is increasing so does the medical fraternities’ efforts to transcend boundaries and advance treatment strategies in these area have expanded and yet all these efforts are just the tip of the iceberg. We, at psychiatry, should firmly believe and represent the notion of […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Postgraduate psychiatry training always remains a topic of discussion among academicians and educationalists. In due course of the transition from mental hospitals (better known as Institutes of Mental Health) to general hospitals and the establishment of general hospital psychiatry units (GHPUs), psychiatry training adopted various models and structures to […]
Volume 13 Issues 4 April, 2023 Health professionals spend a significant amount of time at the workplace, and any disturbance and disharmony at workplace affect their mental health. Workplace disharmony not only restricted to workers but also potentially affects patient care and quality of training and teaching too. It is pertinent to understand how to […]
Volume 13 Issues 3 March, 2023 COVID pandemic caused havoc in lives of people and especially mental health of people took a great toll. To surf this crisis, on behalf of Government of India, NIMHANS setup a national helpline for psychosocial support and mental health services. It received more than 6 lakh calls to alleviate […]
Dr Kishor M, JSSMC, JSSAHER, Mysur Karnataka Volume 13 Issues 2 February, 2023 In the peak of CoVID19 pandemic in India, in all hospitals, numerous protocols were enforced. Some glimpses can be seen in many hospitals even today . One of the major aspect of CoVID19 protocol was distance between two individuals and the masks. […]
Editorial Volume 13 Issues 1 January, 2023 The video games were quickly embraced by the public right after their advent in 1972 by Magnavox Odyssey (1). The advent of the Internet in 1983 significantly further boost the advancement, from the previous version of hardware platform-based (PlayStation, Xbox, Nvida Shield) to current RPGs and MMORPGs. Soon, […]
From the desk of Editor Volume 12 Issues 12 December, 2022 End of a long year, Bye 2022…..Everyone have gained a lot from this year, at the same time we had to lose some inevitably. It is always an ongoing process to bid farewell to the losses and accept the changes. Many of us have […]
Dr Bharat Vatwani Volume 12 Issues 11 November, 2022 Continuation of the article publishes in previous issue i.e. Volume 12, Issue 10, October 2022 …. A wandering, mentally ill destitute poses a different set of complex psychiatric and medical problems requiring other skills for successful solutions. Medical Challenges Post Rescue: The destitute go through extremes […]