Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 Bhagavat Gita is claimed to be a psychology text. While many of us may agree, we may not know how it is so.There may even be a slight doubt – Bhagavat Gita is over 5000 years old, how is it possible that it can everaddress my modern-day problems? Here […]
Transcultural Psychiatry
Human Emotion: Vulnerability
Volume 11 Issues 11 November, 2021 Like every little leaf being nurtured on every unique piece of greens, every human being is different and needs their own set of pap and pabulum. You cannot feed the same instructions for billions of varying souls. Every cell in your body is different. Every part of you is […]
Epistemic Injustice in Psychiatry
Volume 11 Issues 10 October, 2021 Epistemic injustice is not a new term but very few people understand its meaning and relevance to psychiatry. Epistemic means relative to knowledge and the degree of its validation and if we talk in the context of mental health then epistemology means the study of knowledge, justified belief, and […]
When art meets medicine
Volume 11 Issue 9 September, 2021 When art meets medicine Taking adequate care of mental health is equally important as having good physical health; wise men say that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body. Unpredictability, hectic schedule takes a toll on physician’s mental health; burnout and depression are found in high prevalence among […]
Music and Mind
Volume 1 Issue 9 September, 2021 Music and Mind According to Gandharv Veda chikitsa (गंधर्व वेद चिकित्सा) in Ayurveda, divine music used to treat disorders; the physician used to sing Dhrupad, a raag in Indian classical music, to treat various psychological problems. Rāgas are the melodic framework and are believed to have a natural existence […]
Man, reality and doodling…
Volume 11 Issue 9 September, 2021 I admired an elderly lady who is otherwise a shy and mundane homemaker but mentally lives in a world of newspaper crossword puzzles in secret. Another gracious rich woman had too many maternal responsibilities to pursue her school life passion for painting. When life thrust her into the role of a […]
Importance of Breathing in Yoga and its relevance in the COVID situation
Volume 11 Issue 7 July, 2021 Transcultural Psychiatry Yoga is an ancient Indian spiritual discipline based on an immensely subtle science, which focuses on establishing harmony between mind and body. Breathing is considered to be an essential component of yogic practices. Pranayama isthe fourth limb of Ashtanga yoga which mainly deals with breathing. Prana means […]
Compassion Fatigue or Lack of Boundaries?
August 2021 Volume 11, Issue 8 TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHIATRY It feels like one of those days when things just don’t seem right. Despite a full night’s sleep, energy levels feel depleted, motivation levels oscillate between low to negligible, and mood swings become recurrent. Have you experienced such symptoms lately, when it feels like a task to […]