Volume 4 Issue 1 January, 2014 Personality Disorders are identified as being “pervasive, persistent, inflexible, maladaptive patterns of behavior that deviate from expected cultural norms”. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. In 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) listed […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 4 Issue 1 January, 2014 The Accompanying Person A woman in her 50s was regularly visiting me for follow-up, accompanied by a man of around same age, for nearly a year while I was doing my postgraduation. She was handed over to me by my senior for the purpose. She was diagnosed as having […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 4 Issue 1 January, 2014 Mental Health Care in Primary Care Setting: Moving Towards Integration. Mental health care in primary care has been defined as “the provision of basic preventive and curative mental health care at the first point of contact of entry into the health care system.” Mental disorders are prevalent in all […]
Can you cross the crosswords!!!
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Across: 2. Neal Miller demonstrated this 6. Purposeful setting of fires Down: 1. An enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior 3. Greek word which means sleep 4. Social and Cultural influences on suicide 5. Approximate answers ANSWERS: ACROSS 2. Biofeedback 6. Pyromania DOWN 1. Personality 3. Hypnosis 4. […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 1. The term dementia praecox was coined by a) Emil Krapelin b) Sigmund Freud c) Eugen Bleuler d) Kurt Schneider 2. All are mature defense mechanisms except a) Altruism b) Anticipation c) Sexualization d) Sublimation 3. Serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors include a) Venlafaxine b) Duloxetine c) Milnacipran d) All […]
Awareness Reframe Assumption: Myths & Facts about “STAMMERING”
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 ❌ Stammering is communicable from one person to another. ✅ Stammering is not communicable, but there are various causes for stammering. ❌ People who stammer are intellectually low. ✅ There is no such link between stammering and intelligence. ❌ Stress causes stammering. ✅ Stress itself is not the cause […]
Hematology and Psychiatry
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: ‘Hematology’ Hematology is a branch of medicine which deals with blood and blood related disorders. Hematological problems may, vary from sudden, severe and life threatening to long term chronically progressive and may lead to lifelong misery, discomfort and anxiety to the patients. Diagnosis of such […]
Somatization Disorder: SOMATIC EXPRESSION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Somatization Disorder also known as Briquet’s Syndrome is a distinct, poorly understood, clinical and public health problem, was first introduced by Stekel (1911), who defined it as “a bodily disorder that arises as the expression of deep-seated neurosis”. This syndrome has been classified under somatoform disorder in ICD-10 (F45.0) […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane..
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Stirring up a Hornet’s nest While doing my post-graduation, I had an interesting interaction with a person in the campus. He was an elderly man, probably in his sixties, who was running a small shop in the campus near the old psychiatry OPD, clad in khadi shirt and mundu […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 3 Issue 12 December, 2013 Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in current day practice Today the buzz word in the world is digitalization, with gadgets virtually controlling all our daily routine activities. Over the past decade, every major industry has invested heavily in computerization and so is in the case of health care industry. EMRs […]