Mental Health & brain chemistry
Brain has multiple chemicals (Neurotransmitters) and their dysregulation can cause various psychiatric problems. Here is the presentation...
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Women and Mental health
As we know women have an important role to play in society, raising the children, shaping the family and in modern society a bread winner...
Memory problems: Is it Alzheimer's Dementia?.
This is a very common query, that every person and their family, are bogged with when an individual experiences the memory problem. The...
Panic Attacks
Panic attack is not a disorder, it's a cluster of symptoms manifested in many medical, psychological conditions. Associated with 4 or...
Synthetic drugs of abuse: its effects
Recently many of the synthetic drugs are being abused by the younger generation, in many situations multiple drugs are being abused. Many...
Steroid use and Psychiatric Symptoms
The steroids in different forms, are commonly used nowadays to treat many health conditions. Also they are abused in the form of anabolic...
Cannabis and Mental Health: A lot to talk about
Cannabis has become a widely-used drug recreationally and has recently become more popular for its use in medical management of certain...
Natural Disasters and Psychiatric Problems
The United States of America has experienced the greatest amount of natural disasters in 2017 on record. These events can induce anxiety,...
The Opioid Epidemic
Historically, opioids have been prescribed for peri operative care, acute trauma, and life-altering diseases, whereas in most recent...
Understanding Lithium: the forgotten drug
Lithium is a naturally occurring element, the third on the periodic table, making it the lightest solid material in the known universe....
PANDAS: what is it?
PANDAS disease is a short form for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. Usually...
Correct Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorders: type1 and 2
In this article I have attempted to put together some of the potential problems that a psychiatrist may face while diagnosing bipolar...
Dreams
Almost all individuals dream, though some of us don’t remember the content, up on waking up, others may vaguely recall at first but as...
PseudoBulbar Affect
Pseudobulbar Affect or PBA is commonly known or named as emotional incontinence, emotional lability, pathological crying or laughter...
Delirium
Delirium is a common condition in geriatric age group, which is many times undiagnosed/under diagnosed and may lead to painful and...
Signs and Symptoms
While interviewing a patient, you will come to know variety of symptoms, and may observe many signs. Some are not needed for your current...