A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Volume 13 Issues 9 September, 2023 Opening a medical college in India costs 700 crore to 1000 crore, depending on the city and the area. While government colleges offer subsidised undergraduate medical education at around Rs 5 lakh for MBBS, the lowest fee for the complete course in any private college is over Rs 70 […]
Volume 13 Issues 8 August, 2023 ‘Nothing, it may be said, resembles malingering more than hysteria; nothing hysteria more than malingering. In both alike we are confronted with the same discrepancy—between fact and statement, between objective sign and subjective symptom.’ – A. Bassett Jones & L. J. Llewellyn, Malingering, or, The Simulation of Disease, 1918.Dissociative […]
Volume 13 Issues 8 August, 2023 “Happy birthday”, I said. “Thank you “, he responded. “How many candles are going to be on your cake today? “I asked. 17, with a sparkle in his eyes and a smile, he replied. He was my neighbour’s son. He had just completed his 12th with excellent grades, and […]
Volume 13 Issues 7 July, 2023 Neurodiversity is about acknowledging that each person’s brain is developed uniquely, resulting in differences in abilities and behavioural traits among all people. Neurodiversity in the medical profession is an increasingly recognised and valued aspect of diversity. Neurodiversity refers to the natural variation in human brain function and cognition, including […]
Volume 13 Issues 6 June, 2023 Introduction: George Orwell (1) published the Animal Farm in 1945 under the auspices of Secker and Warburg, London, titled “Animal Farm: A Fairy Story”. It is an admirable piece of satire encompassing several themes, chiefly revolution, corruption, and totalitarian ruling. Orwell proved his mettle with a group of talking […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Postgraduate psychiatry training always remains a topic of discussion among academicians and educationalists. In due course of the transition from mental hospitals (better known as Institutes of Mental Health) to general hospitals and the establishment of general hospital psychiatry units (GHPUs), psychiatry training adopted various models and structures to […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Schizophrenia, derived from the words schizein (to split) and phren (mind), is a mental disorder in which a person cannot differentiate between reality and his imagination. With a worldwide occurrence of 0.32%, schizophrenia might not be the most common mental illness but has been widely featured in art, music, […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Buildings were getting twisted, the cat was getting bigger, and the door didn’t stop shrinking. The chairs and tables floated for no reason, and the talking coffee cup made no sense at all. The girl across the room who seemed sweet a minute ago was about to devour me […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 Blech. “Why’s the rice uncooked? … STOP WRITING IN THAT WRETCHED DIARY AND TALK TO ME”. “You look very pale, dear. Have you been taking your meds? Yes, the ones that say Olanzapine, Amisulpride, and Quetiapine.” “WHY ARE THERE MAGGOTS ON MY PLATE”. “please talk to me, honey; I […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 It was my own inner turmoil and terror of examinations, which started rather suddenly, when I was in the middle of writing my Matriculation examination, which made me turn to psychiatry for an explanation. Although I passed Matric and PUC exams with good marks and got admission to Mysore […]