Volume 10 Issue 9 September, 2019 Psychiatry as a field has been evolving since its very beginning and hence the spectrums of diagnosis have also expanded with the same. The spectrum to join the ever growing visual field of psychiatrists is the newest entrant‘ internet addiction’. Multiple studies have paved the way for the inclusion […]
Transcultural Psychiatry
THE GITA AND PSYCHOTHERAPY: A PERSPECTIVE
Volume 10 Issue 8 August, 2019 The practice of psychiatry in India is widely influenced by the collective cultural psyche of its citizens. In numerable stories with robust moralistic conclusions have been handed down across generations, serving as guides for improvement of self and society. Eastern philosophy has recently gained wide recognition by the scientific […]
HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY/ TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY (THE SEARCH FOR MEANING)
Volume 10 Issue 7 July, 2019 In the times of gloom of World War II and its out comes, in a world torn a part and looking for meaning, Herman Hesse published his novel–‘Siddhartha’. The author teases pertinent questions about meaning of life ,inspired by his own depression and personal loss. How can human discontent […]
VISUAL SCANPATH IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Volume 8 Issue 11 November, 2018 Eyes are our windows to the world. The current focus of attention on the role of eye movements underpinning adaptive functioning as well as psychopathology has certainly been a very unique development. This has been made possible by the advent of modern eye-tracking techniques. Simply put, to process a […]
Psycho-ophthalmology: a belittled area
Volume 12 Issues 1 January, 2022 The practice of ophthalmology and psychiatry meet over several aspects of patient diagnosis, management, and therapy. The ophthalmologist may recognize signs and symptoms of the psychiatric disorder, including conversion disorders. On the other hand, some signs like eye movement abnormalities may be associated with specific psychiatric disorders (e.g. schizophrenia) […]
HOW HAS COVID-19 IMPACTED THE GENDER GAP IN MENTAL HEALTH ?
Volume 11 Issues 1 January, 2021 The corona virus pandemic has had a devastating effect on the physical and mental health of people. Research shows that the pandemic has undoubtedly caused a crisis in women’s mental health when compared to men and broadened the already existing gender gap. Most women tend to put their health, […]
THE EMOTIONAL UPHEAVAL OF FACING COVID-19 IN ONCO-CRITICAL CENTRE
Volume 11 Issues 2 February, 2021 The New Year bells ushered in with all positive hopes, wishes from family and friends. However, the mumble about novel corona virus was in the mind of health care workers alas without comprehending the enormous avalanche on physical and mental health it would unleash…. Uncertainty existed about the communicability […]
Art of dentistry under the shadow of COVID-19 pandemic
Volume 11 Issues 3 March, 2021 unprecedented COVID19 pandemic has affected almost all aspect of life including trivial dental issues. In general dental problems are ignored as not considered life-threatening but severe pain and difficulty in eating can affect the quality of life to a great extent healthy teeth reflect a healthy lifestyle. The virus […]
BENEFITS OF GROWING PLANTS IN THE CONTEXT OF PSYCHIATRIC CONDITIONS
Volume 11 Issues 4 April, 2021 Be it the beautiful trees that flower every year in our hospitals, the countless drugs derived from plants, or the Horatio’s Garden, a national charity of the United Kingdom, providing a promising livelihood for spinal injury patients, plants are scattered across the realms of modern medicine, helping tackle various […]
STORIES ON DEATH AND DYING
Volume 11 Issues 5 May, 2021 Movies deal with human emotions in one way or another. They make us cry, laugh, get terrified and excited.Death and a life beyond it have captivated the interests of many around the world. These movies not only dealwith the afterlife but also the complexities of human grief and other […]