Volume 5 Issue 4 Apr 2015 Consultation- Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Urology “The biggest tragedy of all times is the defeat in the bedroom”- Aristotle The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Impotence definedimpotence as “male erectile dysfunction, that is, the inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient forsatisfactory sexual performance. “Erectile […]
ALCOHOL: OUR SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE ADDICTIVE POISON!
Volume 5 Issue 4 Apr 2015 Cardiovascular deaths account for 34% of the alcohol attributable deaths! And yet alcohol industry’s propaganda isthat we better drink it to protect our heart! Following facts clarified my doubts. a) The evidence for their claim is weak: A meta-analysis on this issue by Fillmore KM, et.al. (2007) has shown […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 5 Issue 4 Apr 2015 BLACK MAGIC ANTIDOTE “It seems your husband gives tablets to remove black magic. I want to have them for my sister. Her in-laws have spoilt her fully by black magic. Her parents got an exorcist to remove the black magic. He could not do it” a village woman asks […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 5 Issue 4 Apr 2015 TIME MANAGEMENT Friends, we often talk about not having enough time. Many of us land up in procrastinating simple tasks rather than doing it in time. Failure to manage time is frustrating and annoying as we fail to delegate time to important things and wind it up in emergency […]
Myths & Facts about “Nocturnal Enuresis (Bedwetting)”
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 ❌A child who wets the bed is too lazy to go to the bathroom. ✅Any child with unresolved bed wetting or newly started bed wetting should not be neglected and evaluated for underlying medical / neurological or psychological problems. ❌Punishment helps a child with nocturnal enuresis. ✅Punishment may make […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 Across: 2. a rating scale for schizophrenia (5) 5. an anti craving drug for alcohol (11) 7. type of hallucination in narcolepsy (10) Down: 1. NMDA receptor antagonist (9) 3. a process by which a person recalls and relives a repressed painful experience or conflict (10) 4. dopamine pathway […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 1. Which is not a cognitive errors? a. Overgeneralization b. Thought block c. Catastrophic thinking d. Arbitrary inference 2. All are features of autistic disorders except ? a. Stereotypic movements b. Impairment of social interaction c. Visual impairment d. Delay in speech development 3. Drug used for treatment of […]
CORONARY ARTERY DISORDER & DEPRESSION
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 Consultation- Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Cardiology Depression affects about 20% of people with coronary artery disease & is linked to poor medical outcome. Depression is three times more common in cardiac-patients than in the general population. The prevalence of depression is higher in women than in men. Depression in healthy […]
PROBLEM KIDS
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 Children do suffer from various behavioural problems. These behavioural problems interfere in their academics and result in frequent punishments from parents and teachers. This article aims to create awareness regarding childhood behavioural problems in brief. ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder): The clinical features include: Attention problems: Not able to […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 5 Issue 3 Mar 2015 I was late to close my clinic on that day. I wanted to take an auto rickshaw at 9 P.M. to reach home quickly since the rest of my family was out of station. Luckily or unluckily, I got one auto just in front of my clinic. The driver […]