Volume 5 Issue 9 September, 2015 Suicide is a major public health problem globally. Its impact on the family, friends and communities is tremendous and devastating. World Health Organization estimates that nearly one million people die by suicide every year, which accounts to about one death every forty seconds. Number of suicide attempts may be […]
INVITED ARTICLES
Reducing mental health gap: Reaching out to the unreached
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 World health organization (WHO) estimates that 12% of global burden of disease is accounted by mental and behavioral disorders. A WHO survey showed that 76%–85% in lower and middle income countries (LAMICs) had received no treatment in the previous 12 months. The three main reasons for this mental health […]
Internet addiction
Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015 Background-Definition-Concept– Subtypes sage of internet is a universal phenomenon. However, when the usage becomes uncontrollable despite having damaging consequences for the user, it is labeled as „addiction‟. The existence of internet addiction (IA) as a discrete disorder was first proposed, albeit not seriously, in 1995 by Ivan Goldberg, a […]
Neuropsychiatry Interface: Antibodies associated with First episode Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Volume 5 Issue 6 June 2015 Introduction: The etiopathogenesis of psychosis is complex and multifactorial. Neurodevelopmental cause, dopaminergic hypothesis are widely accepted etiology for psychosis. This article highlights the role of immune hypothesis in psychosis. Antibodies to N-methyl – D – aspartate receptor (NMDAR) and the voltage-gated potassium channel complex (VGKC) have been described in […]
‘DESIGNER’ DISASTER
Volume 5 Issue 5 May 2015 The epidemic of substance abuse in young generation has assumed alarming dimensions in India in recent decades. Data on emerging trends on substance use highlights shift towards increasing use of ‘designer’ or ‘synthetic’ drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, mandrax and synthetic cannabinoids like bath salts than natural psychotropic […]
ALCOHOL: OUR SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE ADDICTIVE POISON!
Volume 5 Issue 4 Apr 2015 Cardiovascular deaths account for 34% of the alcohol attributable deaths! And yet alcohol industry’s propaganda isthat we better drink it to protect our heart! Following facts clarified my doubts. a) The evidence for their claim is weak: A meta-analysis on this issue by Fillmore KM, et.al. (2007) has shown […]
PROBLEM KIDS
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 Children do suffer from various behavioural problems. These behavioural problems interfere in their academics and result in frequent punishments from parents and teachers. This article aims to create awareness regarding childhood behavioural problems in brief. ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): The clinical features include: Attention problems: Not able to […]
PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION: A NEW DIMENSION IN HOLISTIC CARE!
Volume 5 Issue 2 Feb 2015 World Health report (2001) states ‘Rare is the family that will be free from an encounter with mental disorders’. One person in every four will be afflicted with a mental disorder at some stage of life. Mental illnesses are among the leading contributors to disability. A person with mental […]
ATTITUDE MATTERS!!
Volume 5 Issue 13 Jan 2015 Homosexuality, even though removed from diagnostic criteria of psychiatry long back, it still remains a topic of curiosity & prejudice in health professionals including mental health professionals. Patients with alternate sexuality face problems of societal, religious and individual attitudes towards them. This column is focused on various attitudes towards […]
This is the age of Selfie!!
Volume 4 Issue 12 Dec 2014 This is the age of selfies, Facebook, Instagram!, the age of ‘self- centeredness’. ‘Looks’ now plays a larger part in establishing one’s social identity which can be spread across to many, across continents! Approval is instant, visible and the number of ‘likes’ quantify it! Thus vanity is galloping ahead, […]