Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013 There is a global trend towards increased suicide in late life. Developed countries show a second peak of increasedsuicide rate in the elderly (above 60 years). In 2011, around 8% of suicide victims in India were of age 60 years or more.The suicide rates in elderly in India are […]
INVITED ARTICLES
MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDER (MADD)
Volume 3 Issue 9 September, 2013 This is one of the most common disorders in general practice. Consultants from other specialties prescribe Amitryptiline (Tryptomer) alone or in combination with chlordiazepoxide to most of the patients with so called ‘vague symptoms’. If one looks closely, ‘mixed anxiety depressive disorder’ would be the most common diagnosis that […]
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Volume 3 Issue 8 August, 2013 Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that affects 4-5% of children while some studies show 10-12% and often it persists into adulthood in one third of them. Male to female ratio is about 2:1. ADHD includes a combination of problems, such as difficulty sustaining attention, hyperactivity and impulsive behavior. […]
Forensic Psychiatry
Volume 3 Issue 7 July, 2013 The application of legal knowledge to the psychiatry and of psychiatric knowledge to legal issues is one of the subspecialties of psychiatry known as forensic psychiatry. In India, forensic psychiatry is still an emerging area. The legal issues pertaining to the mental health care in India appeared only after […]
What to do & what not to do for publication?
–An Editor’s advice to practitioners & Medical students.
Volume 3 Issue 6 June, 2013 In a lighter vein, often I am asked to write on sex and its problems. Things are changing to some extent and recently requests are on issues related to publishing! However, I see both have something in common!! It is like ‘use or lose’ concerning both brain and sex. […]
Management of Opioid Dependence
Volume 3 Issue 5 May, 2013 Opioids like naturally occurring opium, semi-synthetic heroine and pure synthetics such as fentanyl and methadone are a commonly abused class of substances that activate receptors like μ(mu), κ(kappa) and δ(delta) found mostly in the brain, spinal cord and gut (Goodman et al, 2001). People though initially derive pleasure and […]
Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Volume 3 Issue 4 April, 2013 Schizophrenia is a major psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behavior etc. which are called positive symptoms. However there are another set of manifestations which is called negative symptoms comprising apathy, anhedonia, poor social interaction and poor emotional reactivity. They lack a drive or motivation to pursue goals, […]
Substance abuse in the Elderly- It’s never too late…
Volume 3 Issue 3 March, 2013 An Invisible Epidemic: As the proportion of older people in the population is increasing rapidly even in India, Substance abuse in elderly is a hidden epidemic both in India and in the west. A recent Indian study reveals that 5-8% of elderly abuses substances. Prevalence studies from Western literature […]
Cannabis Abuse & Psychosis
Volume 3 Issue 2 February, 2013 Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug in the world. Chinese Emperor Shen Nung first described medicinal use of cannabis in 2700 BC. Cannabis was used in China, India and the Middle East for approximately 8,000 years for medical purposes. It was introduced to Europe in the early […]
Metabolic Syndrome ‐ An Emerging Epidemic?
Volume 3 Issue 1 January, 2013 The connection between mental illness and the metabolic syndrome is emerging as a public health question of importance to both mental health and primary care practitioners. Originally identified by Reaven as Syndrome X or the Insulin resistance syndrome, the magnitude of public health impact of the metabolic syndrome is […]