Volume 10 Issue 8 August, 2019 “The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night’s sleep”. -Matthew Walker Sleep is fundamentally a physiological drive, just as hunger and thirst are, which is necessary to maintain homeostasis in every human being. Sleep is essential for various physiological functions including energy conservation, hormone secretion, neuronal […]
INVITED ARTICLES
COVID-19 and its impact on psychiatry training
Volume 12 Issues 2 February, 2022 Clinical exposure is quintessential for any resident/trainee to learn, precautionary measures such as lockdown and travel restrictions have significantly reduced the number of people accessing mental health care in the hospitals. During the peak of the pandemic many outpatient departments were closed, and many hospitals restricted the admissions. This […]
GAMBLING DISORDER: WHAT EVERY PSYCHIATRIST NEEDS TO KNOW
Volume 10 Issue 7 July, 2019 DEFINITION: Gambling refers to betting something of value (usually money) on an event whose out come is unpredictable and determined by chance. Problem gambling refers to gambling that disrupts or damages personal, family or recreational pursuits. Akin to substance use, gambling too exists on a spectrum of escalating severity […]
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 8 Issue 11 November, 2018 During the period of MBBS training, psychiatry is an enigma due to limited exposure to the branch. Students can have different perceptions about the nature of psychiatry as a discipline, especially when it comes to making a career choice. In a survey on attitudes towards psychiatry in MBBS students […]
A CASE OF ADOLESCENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 A 15-year-old boy was referred to Narayana Health City from Mysore for management of acute liver failure and to have a potential liver transplant. He had allegedly ingested two tubes of rat poison (yellow phosphorus) after failing to commit suicide by hanging the same day. He presented to us […]
Mastering Bereavement, An Art for Medicos to learn
Volume 12 Issues 1 January, 2022 Be it the flame of the valiant flame embracing the wooden crematory bed which shimmers in the beholder’s eyes or the petals of white lilies showering onto the gravestone, myriad of bowed heads and tears rolling down the cheeks. This array of arrangements is made to welcome the most […]
Premature Mortality Among People With Severe Mental Illness (SMI)
Volume 8 Issue 4 April, 2018 Mental illness (MI) accounts for one third of all years lived with disability throughout the world, and despite its tragic position as the leading cause of global disease burden, MI is underappreciated for its impact on overall population health. For instance, over three decades of research into the morbidity […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 8 Issue 4 April, 2018 “VOICE” I was sitting in my bed room watching the the tree outside in the early hours of the morning. I heard the sound of the cookoo, coo, coo, and was lost in the voice. Suddenly my niece “said aunty see the bird it is black and can’t believe […]
SELFITIS
Volume 8 Issue 3 March, 2018 Selfitis is an unofficial new term used to describe the intense desire to keep taking Selfies all the time. Though Officially Not yet declared a Syndrome per say the ill effects are there for everyone to see. Taking a Selfie is a Simple thing; the problem arises when it […]
BREAKING THE BAD NEWS
Volume 8 Issue 2 February, 2018 Doctors need astute clinical skills; they also need good communication skills. Doctors face the unique challenge of having to break bad news to patients and their families thousands of times over span of their professional lives. Disclosing unfavourable information is an act which evokes distress in both the physician […]