A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Volume 12 Issue 3 March, 2022 Dr Thara Rangaswamy is a psychiatrist by training and the co-Founder and Vice-Chairman of a not-for-profit NGO called SCARF (Schizophrenia Research Foundation) in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. She was the Director of SCARF for 23 years. After her PhD on the subject of disability, she lobbied […]
Volume 8 Issue 2 February, 2018 ACROSS DOWN ANSWERS ACROSS 4. Amphetamine 5. Cannabis 6. Altruism 8. Aaronbeck 9. Vascular DOWM 1. Hypochondriasis 2. Amygdala 3. Gegenhalten 7. Freud Dr. Priyanka Mantagi, Intern, MVJMC & RH, Hoskote, Bengaluru
Volume 11 Issues 3 March, 2021 A poem on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Specks of dust, here and there And now it’s getting too hard to bear Searching for a broom and a mop, a dust bin and a few bottles of soap. An hour has passed and it’s crystal clean Just like; how it should […]
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 Beyond the missing 5 ounces of female brain “Gina Rippon” leading voice against bad Neuro-sexism says –Hunt for proof of women’s inferiority has more recently elided into hunt for proof of male female complementarity. Female brain has tremendous unique aptitude – outstanding verbal agility, ability to connect deeper friendship […]
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 ❌A child who wets the bed is too lazy to go to the bathroom. ✅Any child with unresolved bed wetting or newly started bed wetting should not be neglected and evaluated for underlying medical / neurological or psychological problems. ❌Punishment helps a child with nocturnal enuresis. ✅Punishment may make […]
Volume 4 Issue 11 Nov 2014 ❌OCD is all about cleanliness. ✅A fixation on cleanliness may be a common symptom of OCD, but it’s not the only one. Other common compulsions include rearranging, hoarding items, checking and ritualistic behavior. ❌Stress causes OCD. √ OCD incites uncontrollable fears and anxiety — and while stressful situations can […]
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 Stereotypical MSEs Going back again to my PG days , I was in charge of ward-10, then an open ward which housed non-psychoticpatients , few psychotic patients who were manageable or with whom a relative would be staying. In addition fewchronic psychotic patients were also there who either had […]
Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013 World Mental Health Day: 10th October 2013 “MENTAL HEALTH AND OLDER ADULTS” Every year on 10th of October, The World Health Organization joins in celebrating the World Mental Health Day. The day is celebrated with the initiative of the World Federation of Mental Health for which WHO supports through […]
Volume 3 Issue 6 June, 2013 Across 1. Restless leg syndrome is also called as…..syndrome (5) 3. Brief episodes of muscle weakness in narcolepsy (9) 5. Dementia like syndrome in Depression (14) 6. sleep talking (10) Down 2. Impulse control disorder of stealing (11) 4. Pure form of methamphetamine is also locally called as (3) […]
Volume 3 Issue 1 January, 2013 1. Which of this is classified under disorder of tempo a) Obsession b) Compulsion c) Circumstantiality d) Alienation 2. ‘Speech confusion’ and ‘word salad’ are called as a) Schizophasia b) Schizophrenia c) Schizoaffective d) Schizoid 3. Filling-in of gaps in memory by untrue experiences a) Compulsion b) Confabulation c) […]