Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 Doctors have much higher rates of mental illness, alcohol & drug abuse and suicides among all professions and the general population of the same age and gender. Women doctors are more vulnerable and seem to succumb more easily to depression. Are we Doctors in denial of these facts? Doctors […]
POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 Psychosis occurring during the first few weeks after delivery is not an uncommon condition. Postpartum psychosis (PP) is characterized by acute onset of mood swings, confused thinking, fearfulness and grossly disorganized behavior. Postpartum psychosis occurs in 1–2/1000 childbearing women within the first 2–4 weeks after delivery. Postpartum psychosis in […]
A CASE OF ADOLESCENT SUICIDE ATTEMPT
Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 A 15-year-old boy was referred to Narayana Health City from Mysore for management of acute liver failure and to have a potential liver transplant. He had allegedly ingested two tubes of rat poison (yellow phosphorus) after failing to commit suicide by hanging the same day. He presented to us […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 Success of good clinical and legal intervention When I was a lecturer a graduate young male of 23 years of age was brought by his father. He was addicted to alcohol and cannabis. He had relapsed very fast as an out patient. When suggested treatment as inpatient, he refused […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 8 Issue 9 September, 2018 Greetings to everyone from the editorial team of MINDS. Metabolic syndrome is a condition which has been the matter of research and discussion in the recent times. Among patients with psychiatric disorders specially, this condition has been gaining a lot of attention. It is a comorbid condition in bipolar […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 12 Issue 1 January, 2022
