Volume 6 Issue 11 November, 2016 Mental health gap is a term used to indicate the number of people with mental illness not able to get thetreatment, expressed as percentage of total number of mentally ill. Excluding a very few developed nations, mostof the other countries have a huge mental health gap. In our country, […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 6 Issue 11 November, 2016 Across 1. This disease was the earlier name for frontotemporal dementia 4. Lack of will or initiative 5. Refusal to accept external reality because it is too threatening, a defense mechanism 6. Mini-mental status examination is constructed by Down 2. Intense desire to take alcohol or any substance, an […]
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Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 Across 1. This gland secretes melatonin (6) 5. Pathological aggregation of this protein is seen in neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer’s disease (3) 6. Sustained and pervasive emotional tone (4) 8. Known a s father of child psychiatry (6) Down 2. A Mood stabilizer (7) 3. Feeling of unpleasantness or […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 1. What is the commonest inherited cause of mental retardation (Intellectual disability)? a. Down’s s yndrome b. Fragile X syndrome c. Phenylketonuria d. Hypothyroidism 2. Which of the following are clinical features of bulimia nervosa? a. Parotid gland enlargement b. Hypochloremic mentabolic alkalosis c. Calluses on dorsum of hand […]
Awareness Reframe Assumptions: Myths & Facts about ‘Mental Retardation’
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 ❌Mentally retarded children have no or less feelings and emotions. ✅Mentally retarded children have the same range of feelings and emotions as others. ❌Cerebral Palsy means brain damage, therefore the children is mentally retarded. ✅In some children the damage can extend to the intellectual part of the brain. In […]
Role of Psychiatry in Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Otorhinolaryngology Symptom is a deviation from normal functioning which is noticed by a patient and is often perceived as herald of a disease. A symptom is subjective, observed by the patient and cannot be measured objectively. On the other hand, sign is directly observable and […]
Psychological First Aid (PFA)
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 Different kinds of distressing events happen in the world, such as war, natural disasters, accidents, fires and interpersonal violence (for example, sexual violence). Individuals, families or entire communities may be affected. People may lose their homes or loved ones, be separated from family and community, or may witness violence, […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 ‘He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day’ It is quite common for all of us who have chosen psychiatry as a specialty, to have unusual and sometimes unpleasant experiences with our patients. One such experience remains fresh till today! I had been into my […]
From the Desk of Editor
Volume 6 Issue 10 October, 2016 Psychological First Aid October 10th is one of the most important day in mental health calendar for it is observed as world mentalhealth day globally. It is meant for mental health awareness, education and advocacy. It was celebrated first in1992, at the initiative of the World Federation for Mental […]
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Volume 6 Issue 9 September, 2016 Across 1. Psychodynamic psychotherapy based on the principles of psychoanalysis (5) 4. Classified psychosis as manic depressive psychosis and dementia praecox (8) 7. Theory of self-actualization (6) 8. Individual psychology which saw individuals as unique biological entities (5) Down 2. Epigenetic principle which is the basis of stages of […]