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 […]
INVITED ARTICLES
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 […]
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Volume 2 Issue 12 December, 2012 Mr.X is a 22yr graduate belonging to middle socioeconomic family was admitted in medical ICU with fatal suicidal attempt. He was evaluated by the psychiatry team. Mr.X had Obsessional thoughts that he can get infected by any source and can transfer it to many, so had compulsions for cleaning […]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Volume 2 Issue 11 November, 2012 In his best‐selling 1995 book “Emotional Intelligence” Daniel Goleman reported that, research shows that conventional measures of intelligence – IQ – only account for 20% of a person’s success in life. For example, research on IQ and education shows that high IQ predicts 10 to 25% of grades in […]
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a combination of emotional, behavioral and physical symptoms that occur in the premenstrual or luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The term “premenstrual tension” appeared in the medical literature 80yrs ago, but widely accepted diagnostic criteria for PMS do not exist. Approximately 80% of women […]