Volume 2 Issue 11 November, 2012 In his best‐selling 1995 book “Emotional Intelligence” Daniel Goleman reported that, research shows that conventional measures of intelligence – IQ – only account for 20% of a person’s success in life. For example, research on IQ and education shows that high IQ predicts 10 to 25% of grades in […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane…
Volume 2 Issue 11 November, 2012 Experience may reduce our mistakes but does not eliminate it!! A young college student was brought by her mother for depression with paranoid features. She came from a middle class family and both her parents were employed. She was started on anti‐ depressants and risperidone for the paranoid features. […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issue 11 November, 2012 Need for research in effective education strategies for adults There has been an exponential growth in the number of students joining colleges across India. According to available data, there are 1.42 crore students in 32,000 colleges, affiliated to 600 universities. The Ministry of health is keen to increase medical […]
Can You CROSS the CROSSWORDS ??
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021
MINDS QUIZ
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 1. Mr R, aged 74 yrs being treated for Hypertension, insists that he can see his mother who is dead!! This is (a) Illusion (b) Delusion (c) Hallucination (d) Overvalued Idea 2. Pyromania is a disorder of compulsive (a) Buying (b) Cellular Phone Use (c) Setting fire (d) Self […]
Myths & Facts about Delusions
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 ❌ Delusions and hallucinations are one and same ✅ Delusions are disorders of thought and Hallucinations are disorders of perception. Delusion is a false, firm and fixed belief that a person holds on to even when proved otherwise, contrary to his social, educational and cultural upbringing. Hallucinations are perception […]
Preoperative anxiety: detection, contributing factors and management
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Focus: Anaesthesia Normally, Patients while facing a uneasy reality, such as a surgery, develop tension levels that compromise the emotional, physiological and cognitive abilities. The perioperative anxiety is defined as an emotional state with psychological and physiological elements with diffuse apprehension feelings, uncertainties, unpleasant and discomfort […]
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a combination of emotional, behavioral and physical symptoms that occur in the premenstrual or luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. The term “premenstrual tension” appeared in the medical literature 80yrs ago, but widely accepted diagnostic criteria for PMS do not exist. Approximately 80% of women […]
Guest Column: Down The Memory Lane…
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 Illness Is Nothing, Where There Is Humanity Nearly 20 years ago, one night around 11.30 p.m. when the whole household was asleep, there was noise at our gate. I sleepily woke up to find a car load of people came urging me to come and see a patient urgently. […]
From the desk of Editor
Volume 2 Issues 10 October, 2021 In The Pursuit of Perfect Health Most of the doctors now practicing in urban centres are facing new challenge. Patients, in increasing numbers are seeking consultation for symptoms that arise with longevity of life and its related health issues. People in most of the countries are now able to […]