Volume 11 Issues 5 May, 2021 Movies deal with human emotions in one way or another. They make us cry, laugh, get terrified and excited.Death and a life beyond it have captivated the interests of many around the world. These movies not only dealwith the afterlife but also the complexities of human grief and other […]
VITILIGO:BEYOND COLOR CHANGES
Volume 11 Issues 5 May, 2021 We live in a world of multicolour. But when it comes to the human species, we do not enjoy the privilege of the diversity of visible light spectrum. We are controlled by our melanosomes and its functional byproduct-melanin. Vitiligo, in common parlance referred to as “leukoderma” is a condition […]
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE
Volume 11 Issues 5 May, 2021 It was a typical day of my internship; it’s just that I was posted in psychiatry. Though, much interested in medicine and paediatrics, I deliberately opted for psychiatry posting for the sake of bunking it and to getting some time for myself. On the first day of psychiatry posting, […]
COMING OUT PROCESS: LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 “You don’t fall in love with the gender, you fall in love with the person “ June is celebrating as a pride month, in which one accepts and celebrated in favour of LGBTQ community. Gender is of the mind while sex is of the body. Gender is between ears […]
XX BRAIN IS UNIQUE!
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 Beyond the missing 5 ounces of female brain “Gina Rippon” leading voice against bad Neuro-sexism says –Hunt for proof of women’s inferiority has more recently elided into hunt for proof of male female complementarity. Female brain has tremendous unique aptitude – outstanding verbal agility, ability to connect deeper friendship […]
BECOMING SELF-AWARE
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 Bhagavat Gita is claimed to be a psychology text. While many of us may agree, we may not know how it is so.There may even be a slight doubt – Bhagavat Gita is over 5000 years old, how is it possible that it can everaddress my modern-day problems? Here […]
DOWN THE MEMORY LANE
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 THE CHRYSALIS The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. Carl R. Rogers I was 8. She was my first friend in the new school and I was a nervous third grader trying to brave through thechange of situations. We […]
From the Desk of Editor
Volume 11 Issues 6 June, 2021 This being the last edition of the outgoing MINDS editorial team, it was apt to dedicate it to the celebration of women! Each of the articles have been contributed by women in the psychiatry arena and allied branches. In a way, this is an appreciation to all the wonderful […]
Down the Memory Lane
Volume 11 Issues 11 November, 2021 Empathy: tough to hold in difficult times It’s really a privilege by virtue of being a psychiatrist to interact with so many people and attend to their different sides of life. It’s a privilege to work with so many people like psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and various therapists. Along […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 11 Issues 11 November, 2021 CROSSWORD: CLUE AND WORD NEWS: MINDS newsletter going to conduct a national crossword competition for medical undergraduates, the details will be shared shortly. How to participate? Step 1: Subscribed to MINDS Newsletter (Subscribe to MINDS) Step 2: Register for the MINDS crossword contest (Registration) Step 3: Wait to receive a confirmatory […]