Volume 7 Issue 12 December, 2017 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry : Biochemistry Kumuda, a high school student, studying in Class 8 at St.Xavier’s in Mangalore was found to be very quiet in the classroom nowadays. A cheerful girl, who studied in the same school from her kindergarten years, was found to be disinterested in most of […]
Revisiting the 1970s Rosenhan’s Experiment on Psychiatric Diagnosis
Volume 7 Issue 12 December, 2017 Psychiatry remains a unique specialty with hardly any definitive objective diagnostic tests, so relying on Clinician’s assessment using standardized criteria. The assessments of same person, done at two different time period or by two different Psychiatrists may vary. In the early 1970s, David Rosenhan, Professor of Psychology and Law […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 12 December, 2017 Autobiography of “I” “I” is our only world and life which we nurture and safeguard “as if” it is our friend, guide and philosopher” till an event or a situation open’s one’s eye door to “Reality” giving rise to a doubt, whether “I” is real or false? Throughout life, […]
From The Desk of Editor
Volume 7 Issue 12 December, 2017 “Biomarkers” Biomarker is characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as indicator of normal biological, pathological process or biological response to therapeutic intervention. It may involve genes, set of genes, proteins or other bimolecular and morphological characters. Biomarkers are used for diagnosis, prognosis, better understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms, to […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 ACROSS DOWN ANSWERS ACROSS 2. Synaesthesia 4. Oneiroid 5. Echolalia 7. Hypnagogic 8. Doppelganger 9. Mannerism DOWN 1. Lability 3. Jamais vu 6. Clanging Dr. Priyanka Mantagi, Intern, MVJMC & RH, Hoskote, Bengaluru
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 1. A synthetic form of opium was introduced by Germany during WWII A. Buprenorphine B. Methadone C. Fentanyl D. Norco 2. A long-term user of cocaine may well develop symptoms of other psychological disorders, such as: A. Major Depression B. Eating disorder C. Social phobia D. All 3. Which […]
Reframe Assumptions: Myths and Facts about Addiction
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 ❌ All addicted to substances are bad people. ✅ No, some behaviour under the influence of substances can create such impression in some people with addiction. ❌ Once a smoker/alcoholic is always a smoker/alcoholic. ✅ Different types proven treatment available to quit smoking and drinking though difficult to treat. […]
Non epileptic attack disorder (NEAD) or (psychogenic non epileptic seizure PNES) – in children
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry : Neurology Non epileptic attack disorder is an observable abrupt paroxysmal change in behavior or consciousness that resembles an epileptic seizure, but is not accompanied by the electrophysiological changes or clinical evidence for epilepsy. Some of the other synonymous terms used are pseudoseizures, psychogenic non epileptic […]
CAPGRAS SYNDROME
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 Capgras Syndrome was described by Capgras and Rebeul-Lachaux in 1923.It is also called illusion des sosies, and is one of the most colorful syndromes in neuropsychiatry. It describes a phenomenon whereby a patient believes that someone, usually a loved one or somebody with whom the patient has close emotional […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 11 November, 2017 Personal History My seniors in medical college taught me to write bowel, bladder, sleep and appetite as personal history. When I joined Psychiatry, really I knew how much a detailed personal history helps, not only in diagnosis and treatment but also in prevention. Psychiatric personal history starts from antenatal […]