Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 1. Emotions are controlled by a) Limbic system b) Frontal lobe c) Temporal lobe d) Occipital lobe 2. Formed visual hallucinations are seen in lesions of a) Temporal lobe b) Occipital lobe c) Frontal lobe d) Dentate nucleus 3. Delusion of infidelity of part of sexual partner is known […]
-Let Awareness Reframe Assumption: Myths & Facts about “Mental illness”
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 ❌Mental illness isn’t real illness. ✅Mental illnesses are real disorders which cause distress. They are more than normal ups & downs of day to day life. ❌People with mental illness lack intelligence. ✅Generally level of intelligence among patients with mental illness likely parallels the patterns seen in any healthy […]
Role of Psychiatrists in Tinnitus
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: ‘ENT’ Tinnitus is an aberrant perception of sound without any external stimulus. Often underlying cause remains elusive and thus functional tinnitus is more common than organic one. Chronic tinnitus is so disturbing that it affects psyche of affected individual and impinges on the quality of […]
Reducing mental health gap: Reaching out to the unreached
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 World health organization (WHO) estimates that 12% of global burden of disease is accounted by mental and behavioral disorders. A WHO survey showed that 76%–85% in lower and middle income countries (LAMICs) had received no treatment in the previous 12 months. The three main reasons for this mental health […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 ‘Experiential learning’ It was not very long after that I joined the department where I am working now. A young man who had been in my follow up for the last 3-4 months waited patiently for his turn. When I handed over the prescription he hesitantly told me that […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 5 Issue 8 August 2015 Dear readers,On 27th July 2015 we have lost our great teacher and visionary leader, who has given us ‘wings of fire’ and ‘ignited our minds’. His work, guidance, quotes, and books will always remain true source of inspiration for all of us. I am sharing his exclusive contribution for […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015 Across 2. Feeling of apprehension 3. Absence of emotion –lack of interest 5. Loss of memory 7. Fear of strangers 8. Sadness or hopelessness Down 1. Fixed and false belief that cannot be changed 4. Irrational and disable fear 6. Pervasive, unwanted suspicious and mistrust of people ANSWERS: ACROSS […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 5 Issue 7 July, 2015 1. Alexithymia is a) Pathological sadness b) Affective flattening c) Inability to recognize feelings d) Inappropriate mood 2. Hallucination more commonly a feature of organic brain lesion is a) Visual b) Auditory c) Olfactory d) Tactile 3. Order of loss of orientation in patient with delirium is a) Time, […]
Awareness Reframe Assumption: Myths & Facts about “Schizophrenia”
Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015 ❌Patients with schizophrenia are violent. ✅Studies indicate that patients of schizophrenia are no more violent than normal individuals. People with schizophrenia are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators. ❌Patient with schizophrenia can never recover. ✅For a majority if schizophrenia is diagnosed quickly and treated aggressively there […]
Irritable bowel syndrome
Volume 5 Issue 7 July 2015 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: “Gastroenterology‟ Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder associated with high morbidity. It is characterized by abdominal pain or discomfort and altered bowel habit in the absence of specific organic pathology. Throughout the world, about 10–20% of adults and adolescents have symptoms […]