Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 Across 3. Reaction caused by tyramine in this food content when MAO inhibiters are given 6. Emergent side effect of stimulants characterized by involuntary, spasmodic, stereotyped movement of small groups of muscles 7. Serious haematological adverse effect of clozapine 8. Syndrome caused by toxicity of this neurotransmitter characterized by […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 1. Gestalt Therapy was developed by a. Kurt Schneider b. Fritz Perls c. John Bowlby d. Sigmund Freud 2. A severely depressed patient started on antidepressant medications presents after 1 week with history of excessivespeech, overfamiliarity, euphoric affect, grandiose ideas, irritability and reduced need for sleep. What is the […]
Reframe Assumptions: Myths & Facts about ‘Personality Disorders’
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 ❌ Personality disorders are very rare. ✅ Personality disorders with strict criteria applied as per classificatory systems are difficult to diagnose but in routine clinical practice, personality disorders are much more common than it is estimated and mixed traits are most common than pure forms of named disorders. ❌ […]
Psychotropic Drugs: How to monitor them
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Biochemistry Drugs used in Psychiatric practice frequently have narrow therapeutic indices and their serum levels need to be monitored for patients’ safety and desired drug action. The tricyclic anti-depressants have almost complete GI absorption but they have a significant first pass metabolism at the liver. […]
Personality Disorders in Indian Psychiatric Clinics
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 Couple of decades back, the emphasis on personality disorders assessment and management in the psychiatric clinics across India was not much, compared to the psychotic and mood disorders. Personality disorders are often observed as comorbidities, affecting outcome of associated psychiatric disorders and as such, these disorder have negative impact […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 If you want to use your brain.. It was my first day in medical ward as MBBS student. Dr. Bisht, professor of medicine, JIPMER, Pondicherry, asked us about what we want to specialise after MBBS. All the boys wanted to be surgeons. All the girls wanted to be gynecologists […]
From the Desk of Editor
Volume 7 Issue 3 March, 2017 World Bipolar Day and Bipolar Depression Depression is one of the widely known and common mental illness that not only among doctors but it is being spoken in public platforms also. Depression commonly refers to what is called as Major Depressive episode or Unipolar Depression, the latter name specifically […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 Across 4. CNS side-effect unique to Clozapine 5. Metabolic syndrome (i.e. T2DM, dyslipidemia and weight gain) is a major adverse effect of this agent 6. Acts as a partial agonist at D2 receptor 8. Atypical anti-psychotic most commonly associated with QTc prolongation Down 1. Increase in the serum levels […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 1. A young male presented with intense nervousness at places like cinema hall thinking that he would get urgency to go to toilet and gets embarrassed for disturbing others by blocking their view while he walk out repeatedly. What is the likely diagnosis a. Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome b. Claustrophobia […]
Reframe Assumptions: Myths & Facts about ‘Grief Reaction’
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 ❌ Grief reaction is a mental illness. ✅ Grief reaction is a normal response after loss of someone/thing valuable. However abnormal grief is coded at various sections in various classificatory systems namely Z63.4 in ICD-10 as uncomplicated bereavement, F 43.2 under adjustment disorders and more recently in DSM-5 under […]