Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022
Cancer and Mental health: an essential but always overlooked aspect of cancer care
-Dr Amit Pandey Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 Mental health is essential to overall health and well-being, especially for cancer patients. Per the latest GLOBOCAN data incidence of cancer in India is around 13lakhs new cases (1). The sufferings of cancer disease are from all the strata of society, ranging from rich to poor, […]
Early exposure to psychiatry & its competencies to medical undergraduates by CBME: how is it a game changer?
–DR.VAIBHAVI.P.S Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 Ever since our school days, we were taught only about physical health and ways to maintain it. The concept of mental health seemed almost nil at a younger age, and so did awareness about mental health.In the pre-CBME era, though the 1st year MBBS dealt with the anatomy […]
Down the memory lane
-Dr M Kishor Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 As a young psychiatry teacher in a medical college more than a decade ago, I looked at many ways to engage medical students. There were hardly any efforts before made in that institution. Months later, a medical student came to me and was eager to hand […]
Stigma and Empathy – inverse correlates in the wandering mentally-ill
From the desk of Editor: Guest Editorial by Dr Bharat Vatwani Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 Mental Illness carries a stigma – either Social Stigma or Self Stigma. Stigma causes mentally-ill people to feel ashamed for something that is, in reality, out of their control. There is exclusion, poor social support, isolation, loneliness and low self-esteem. […]
A Glimpse of NewspaperÂ
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 As I was travelling a long distance to medical college, I would strive hard to keep myself engaged throughout the journey because I am among those who can’t doze off during travel! Occasionally reading newspaper &  every word  in it , was a time killer strategy more […]
Memories and Tetris
Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 The clock ticks down. You stare at the white paper sheet in front of you. It is empty, expecting lines of ink to be etched. Your wrack the shelves of your brain, praying some little tidbit of information is lying somewhere in the corner. You keep searching, with the […]
Neuroplasticity – reforming lives
Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 Neuroplasticity is something which we all have gone through , but not appreciated. If its existence and importance are taken into knowledge, neuroplasticity can do wonders. How frequently we blame our past experiences or circumstances for the way we are and how casually we just state, that it can’t […]
Setting yourself free
Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 We might seem so sure on the outside, but we have so much self-doubt on the inside. Influences from other people can make you question your own opinions. Being told about so many things can get you fidgety over your decisions. Your judgement becomes fragile. A small thing can […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022