Volume 4 Issue 5 May, 2014 Substances such as heroin, opium and morphine are known as ‘opioids’. Many opioids are ‘psychoactive’, which means they affect the way the brain works. Opioid dependence is a chronic relapsing disorder and is associated with a wide range of psycho social issues. Opioid replacement treatment has proven efficacy in […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 4 Issue 5 May, 2014 A RURAL ENCOUNTER After my post-graduation I was working in a rural health project ‘Major mental morbidity survey’ at a village. I hadto go on my bicycle to hamlets around for door to door survey. I had an updated list of all households in thecatchment area with the name […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 4 Issue 5 May, 2014 “Facebook”……Is it time to „face‟ the consequences? In 1971, the first email was delivered. More than 40 years on, social media has taken the world by storm. Social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, are now used by 1 in 4 people worldwide. Facebook is the leading social […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 1. Features of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome include all of the following EXCEPT. a) Absent philtrum b) Syndactyly c) Atrial septal defect d) Macrocephaly 2. The antidepressant which is most likely to lower the seizure threshold is a) Fluoxetine b) Bupropion c) Mianserine d) Trazodone 3. The association of D2DR […]
Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin (CDT) in relation to Alcoholic Liver Disease
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: ‘Pathology’ It is well known that alcohol negatively affects the physical, mental & social health of mankind. It is associated withincreased morbidity and about 2.5 million die each year due to it. Diseases involving liver, heart, kidney and even manymalignancies are directly or indirectly found […]
Attitude towards media portrayal of suicide and self-harm behavior
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 Suicide rates in South Asia are one of the highest in the world, and it is known that media guidelines for suicide reporting are not followed adequately. Several countries have prescribed standard guidelines for media professionals on suicide reporting. However, the implementation of these guidelines has been varied. News […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 Across: 1. Founder of the school of analytical psychology 6. Won a Nobel prize for psychosurgery- Prefrontal leucotomy 7. 1st formal scale of Intelligence given by 8. The book ‘Games people play’ was written by 9. Coined the term ‘Inferiority complex Down: 2. Coined the term ‘Dhat syndrome’ 3. […]
Awareness Reframe Assumption: Myths & Facts about “Memory”
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 ❌ There is a SECRET to a Good Memory ✅ There are memory skills you can use to memorize different types of information. But there is no single “secret” method. ❌ You are Too OLD or Too YOUNG to Improve Your Memory ✅ People find remembering a more difficult […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 Stereotypical MSEs Going back again to my PG days , I was in charge of ward-10, then an open ward which housed non-psychoticpatients , few psychotic patients who were manageable or with whom a relative would be staying. In addition fewchronic psychotic patients were also there who either had […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 4 Issue 4 April, 2014 General Hospital Psychiatry-The emerging ‘supra-specialty’ General hospital psychiatric divisions are an important part of the mental health care delivery system. Generalhospitals have had an illustrious role in the evolution of psychiatry. They have provided a rich soil for the growth ofinpatient psychiatric units, consul tation-liaison psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, med-psych […]