Today, as AI is slowly creeping its way into everything we do and proving its usefulness in its own unique ways, it makes sense to explore its utility in providing Cognitive behavioural therapy too. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is a structured process of understanding a person’s thoughts, questioning them, and restructuring them to break […]
UNDER GRADUATE
Virtual Autism
Post Covid, the screen time in children under 5 years has seen a rapid surge and this trend has set in over the last decade. A major shift in lifestyle can be attributed to easy accessibility to content on smart phones and television. Twenty years ago, with limited access to coloured screen television and no […]
Overview of Rape Perpetrators’ Psychological Perspectives
Volume 13 Issues 10 October, 2023 Rape is a violent act that is difficult to fully understand due to its interpersonal, cultural, and psychological dimensions. Several psychological theories attempt to account for the patterns that lead individuals to commit rape, considering more than one functional aspect. Each of these theories offers a unique lens through […]
Poem by Aden Quadros
Volume 13 Issues 6 June, 2023 She saw a lifetime’s worth of final moments, yet she was never scared of the reaper’s omens. She fought valiantly day and night, only to unexpectedly meet his scythe. Killed because she was failed, because her trust was betrayed, a mistake costing a thousand lives she’d save, all because […]
Movie Review: A Beautiful Mind
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Schizophrenia, derived from the words schizein (to split) and phren (mind), is a mental disorder in which a person cannot differentiate between reality and his imagination. With a worldwide occurrence of 0.32%, schizophrenia might not be the most common mental illness but has been widely featured in art, music, […]
Blench
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Blech. “Why’s the rice uncooked? … STOP WRITING IN THAT WRETCHED DIARY AND TALK TO ME”. “You look very pale, dear. Have you been taking your meds? Yes, the ones that say Olanzapine, Amisulpride, and Quetiapine.” “WHY ARE THERE MAGGOTS ON MY PLATE”. “please talk to me, honey; I […]
From a child to a psychiatrist
Volume 13 Issues 1 January, 2023 Dear doctor, It’s not easy to be me, Who is neither heard nor seen. People say I’m disabled, But that’s not what I feel, I think I’m differently abled. I surely don’t know, what 35+26 results into, But I indeed know, where love and helping hands can lead me […]
An insider’s guide to psychiatry postings by a fellow medical student
Volume 12 Issues 12 December, 2022 As a third year medical student, this was my second time being posted in the psychiatry department after my second year two week posting period. I still remember how I used to be reluctant to attend my psychiatry postings as I assumed it was easy(Oh boy I was wrong) […]
CAN YOU CROSS THE CROSSWORDS!!
Volume 12 Issues 12 December, 2022
उम्मीद “The Hope”
Volume 12 Issues 11 November, 2022 तू उदास यूँ ही ना बैठ ऐ दोस्त, कभी तो बारिश आयेगी मेघ घुमड़ कर आएंगे, कभी तो बदरी छायेगी हार मानने वालों के कभी वक्त साथ नहीं होता है आस रखेगा जब तक तू हर घडी भी रंगत लाएगी I तू उदास यूँ ही ना बैठ ऐ दोस्त, […]