Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 Phenomenology Across 2. Normal range of mood 4. Pervasive and sustained feeling tone 6. Unconscious filling of gaps in memory 8. Dulled emotional tone associated with detachment or indifference Down 1. Abnormal fear of closed or confining spaces 3. False sensory perception 5. False, fixed, unshakable belief 7. Feeling […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 1. All are parasomias related to NREM sleep except a) Confusional arousal b) Sleep walking c) Sleep terrors d) Recurrent Sleep Paralysis 2. Epigenetic psychosexual and psychosocial development was given by a) Sigmund Freud b) Eric Erikson c) Margaret Mahler d) Karl Abraham 3. The antidepressant which is most […]
Awareness Reframe Assumption: Myths & Facts about Anxiety Disorders
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 ❌ If a patient is suffering from anxiety disorder, it is important to avoid stress and situations that make him feel“stressed.”. ✅ Avoiding anxiety tends to reinforce it. It is better to face it than to avoid it. ❌ Panic attacks are caused by the curse of demons or […]
The “Mind” of a Neonatal Specialist
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: ‘Neonatology’ Neonatology in India is probably in the best phase ever. The state of the art Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), the qualified personnel and supporting staff have made this branch of Pediatrics as exciting as ever. The challenges faced day in and day out […]
Gender Dysphoria (Gender Identity Disorder)
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 “There’s a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are in alignment. For transgender people, they’re mismatched. That’s all it is. It’s not complicated, it’s not a neurosis. It’s a mix-up.” ~ Chaz Bono, aptly described the condition of […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane…
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 The Idiosyncratic Abbreviation During the PG days at NIMHANS, once we, my friend and I, were discussing some academic stuff in the ward. There was a junior PG sitting along. The junior remarked that she was unable to understand our discussion as we were using many abbreviations. We started […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 3 Issue 11 November, 2013 DSM-5: A New Era in Nosology? As a specialized domain within health sciences, psychiatric diagnostic classification has evolved under the influence of the biopsychosocial model. The complexities inherent in psychiatric nosology are so paramount that psychiatric classifications have been in need of explanation as much as the conditions they […]
From The Desk of the Editor
Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013 World Mental Health Day: 10th October 2013 “MENTAL HEALTH AND OLDER ADULTS” Every year on 10th of October, The World Health Organization joins in celebrating the World Mental Health Day. The day is celebrated with the initiative of the World Federation of Mental Health for which WHO supports through […]
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013 1. Side effect of lithium includes a) Tremors b) Polyuria c) Hypothyroidism d) All of the above 2. Bleulers primary symptoms of Schizophrenia include all except a) Abnormal association b) Autistic Thinking c) Abnormal Affect d) Akinesia 3. Percentage of people with alchohol intoxication or withdrawal going into delirium […]
Can You CROSS the CROSSWORDS ??
Volume 3 Issue 10 October, 2013 Across 1. Purposeful fire-setting 3. Approximate Answers 5. Venus’s curse Down 2. Projective Test 4. ‘To be seized’ ANSWERS: ACROSS 1. Pyromania 3. Vorbeireden 5. Syphilis DOWN 2. Rorschach 4. Epilepsy