Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Paediatric Surgery Colloquially termed as a hairball, it’s a collection of impacted hairs along with ingested food formed in the stomach and sometimes intestine. A commonly described term by veterinary physicians formed in the stomach of animals that is occasionally vomited up when it becomes […]
Dhat Syndrome
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 The term “Dhat syndrome” was coined by Prof. N. N. Wig to explain the distress resulting from semen loss in people belonging to South East Asian culture. It is considered as a culture bound syndrome of the South East Asia. The 10th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 Fatal (!?) Greif Reaction A 54 year old man was brought to my outpatient clinic with the history of abnormal behavior characterizedby crying spells, blank staring, unusual laughing to self, reduced interaction and speech, withdrawn behavior andpoor self-care, lethargy, reduced sleep and food intake since he lost his son […]
From the Desk of Editor
Volume 7 Issue 2 February, 2017 Modern Medicine, Religion-Culture & Spirituality Have we ever thought that what would happen to our advices and prescriptions once patient leaves our consultation room? It may not be as simple as – “I have advised and he would follow it”. He goes back to his home which has its […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 Across 3. Compulsive buying disorder is also called as (9) 6. Infective agent causing Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease is (5) 7. This syndrome is a triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrythmia and developmental regression (4) 8. Degree of personal awareness and understanding of illness (7) Down 1. Lack of the ability […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 1. A middle aged woman is presented with a history of being repeatedly injured by husband during his sleep where hehas been shouting violently moving his limbs as though enacting a dream, lasting for few minutes. He is unable to beeasily woken up during such episodes. What is the […]
Reframe Assumptions: Myths & Facts about ‘Psychiatrists’
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 ❌ Psychiatrists treat patients by counseling. ✅ If a common man has this myth, it is understood but when a fellow doctor carries this, it needs to be corrected!Psychiatrists are also specialized medical professionals who have sophisticated pharmacology knowledge and experience using medication, and most often treat mental illnesses […]
Cognitive deficits – Traumatic brain injury
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality and is becoming a public health concern in India. TBI often results in chronic disability. It adversely impacts cognitive and behavioral functioning and hence results in vocational impairment. TBI […]
Internet Addiction (IA)
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 Most of you who are reading this have obviously downloaded this file from internet and it hardly requires an introduction. We all invariably have access to it through one or the other form and spend varying amount of timeworking with internet. In this era of smartphones which most of […]
Down The Memory Lane
Volume 7 Issue 1 January, 2017 Pain in the neck! The neurologist in next chamber does not know Tamil. A Tamil speaking woman has been consulting him with a translator. The translator told she has intolerable neck pain and headache. Local doctor referred her to the neurologist when pain killers did not help. The neurologist […]