Volume 8 Issue 1 January, 2018 The foundation to human genetic studies was laid back in 1860s by the laws of inheritance proposed by Gregor Mendel. Psychiatric disorders are considered genetically complex with many genes being involved, probably acting in an additive manner. Several studies indicate that environmental factors modulate the genetic vulnerability toward the […]
INVITED ARTICLES
Revisiting the 1970s Rosenhan’s Experiment on Psychiatric Diagnosis
Volume 7 Issue 12 December, 2017 Psychiatry remains a unique specialty with hardly any definitive objective diagnostic tests, so relying on Clinician’s assessment using standardized criteria. The assessments of same person, done at two different time period or by two different Psychiatrists may vary. In the early 1970s, David Rosenhan, Professor of Psychology and Law […]
CAPGRAS SYNDROME
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 Capgras Syndrome was described by Capgras and Rebeul-Lachaux in 1923.It is also called illusion des sosies, and is one of the most colorful syndromes in neuropsychiatry. It describes a phenomenon whereby a patient believes that someone, usually a loved one or somebody with whom the patient has close emotional […]
CARE PATHWAYS IN PSYCHIATRY- AN EVOLUTION
Volume 7 Issue 10 October, 2017 Psychiatry is an evolving science, though faced by the criticisms of antipsychiatry movement in the past that psychiatry is not a science and there cannot be any psychiatric disorders. Thomas Szasz in his controversial article of 1960 mentioned any disorder with psychological symptoms have pure biological origin and involve […]
FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA
Volume 7 Issue 9 September, 2017 Frontotemporal dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and is the second most common cause of early onset dementia (before age 65), second only to Alzheimer’s dementia. The estimated prevalence of FTD is highest in the 45 to 64 year age group and ranges from 15 to 22 per 100,000. […]
CANNABIS- THINGS TO KNOW
Volume 8 Issue 8 August, 2017 Cannabis History: The history of cannabis use goes back as far as 12,000 years, which makes this plant the oldest cultivated crops. Cannabis is rich in variety of compounds, both psychoactive and non-psychoactive. It has been reported that there are 483 compounds are unique to marijuana, including more than […]
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Volume 7 Issue 7 July, 2017 The mind and body have been viewed as two separate entities for millennia in the Eastern medical traditions, and at least for a few centuries in the Western medicine, since Rene Descartes proposed the idea (The Cartesian Dualism). Equally notable is the common sense and experience that both are […]
Mental Health Legislation in India: Birds eye view
Volume 7 Issue 6 June, 2017 Mental health law in the Indian has been evolving over the past few decades, in keeping with improved delivery of care, societal changes, and the demand for enhanced accountability from a population that is increasingly aware of its rights. There have been rapid socio- economic, cultural, and psychosocial changes […]
Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia
Volume 7 Issue 5 May, 2017 Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia (TRS) can be understood in simple terms when patient continues to have significant symptoms that impede him in returning to functioning decently despite an adequate trial with at least 2 types of medication. There are elaborate definitions and criteria which describe resistance in detail like Kane’s […]
Autism Spectrum Disorders – A Primer
Volume 7 Issue 4 April, 2017 In the last 10-15 years, Autism is increasingly recognised in urban India. The term Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is becoming popular (“…this child is on the spectrum”, is not an uncommon statement amongst professionals) and encompasses conditions such as classic Autism, Asperger’s syndrome and even the milder form termed […]