A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Guest Editorial Volume 12 Issues 8 August, 2022 Many students and young faculty members regard medical journal editors villains: They compile boring, unreadable stuff and statistics into overpriced issues, heartlessly reject your works of love and hard labor with flimsy excuses, and then fill the journal pages with articles of their own or their cronies, […]
Guest Editorial Volume 12 Issues 7 July, 2022 Geoffrey Rose’s 1985 paper, Sick individuals, and sick populations drew a distinction between the causes of illness at the individual level and the population level(1). Health care typically focuses on individuals presenting with symptoms of illness, or screening for individuals at high risk of some adverse health […]
From the desk of Editor Volume 12 Issues 6 June, 2022 The advances in the use of smart technology and gadgets have seen a giant leap in recent years. Every year new smartphones and computer devices keep storming the market and they have become an indispensable part of our daily life. Although it has made […]
From the desk of Editor Volume 12 Issues 4 April, 2022 As we all know it today, the world has transformed into an arena where people are constantly in a fierce competition to excel in every given opportunity. Right from birth, each of us is running a race at various stages of our life to […]
Volume 10 Issue 10 October, 2020 READY OR NOT ….. HERE THEY COME! Violence against women is a prominent public evil, which has been dissected and discussed in social forums over and over again. It has however, enjoyed devious cultural backing at all times. And the legal implications of violent indulgences against women don’t seem […]
Volume 10 Issue 9 September, 2019 DON’T SHOOT THE MESSENGER Recently a 16 year old burst on to our TV screens. She voiced her concerns on the climate change crisis looming large over the world and chose a succinct phrase of “how dare you” to show case her angst. The audiences, however, were divided. The […]
Volume 10 Issue 8 August, 2019 “I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.”-Charlie Chaplin September 7th 2019 was no ordinary day. The anticipation of becoming the first was palpable. Subsequently we were all privy to Mr. K Sivan’s emotional break down when the Vikram lander carrying the rover […]
The motion picture: a gift or forfeit to psychiatry Volume 12 Issues 2 February, 2022 The invention of the motion picture is one of the most significant breakthroughs of the early 19th century, which greatly influence people’s lives in general. Thomas Edison and William Dickson have developed an illusion of motion pictures resulting in the […]
Volume 10 Issue 7 July, 2019 A man’s characteristics can be determined by studying the bumps on his head, was what the science of Phrenology claimed in the early 1800’s. The compelling need to disprove this absurd pseudo science over the centuries may in fact, have given rise to the concept of cerebral localization. Ideas […]
Volume 8 Issue 11 November, 2018 Greetings to everyone from the editorial team of MINDS. We are back with yet another issue. This is a unique issue, in that, it covers the basic concept of the art and science of psychiatry and an advanced theme like the role of scanpath in psychopathology. Apart from these, […]