Monthly Archives: February 2021
NICE guideline on long COVID
NICE guideline on long COVID News            As the global COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, evidence has emerged that some patients are experiencing prolonged multiorgan symptoms and complications beyond the initial period of acute infection and illness. The list of persisting and new symptoms reported by […]
Post-traumatic stress disorder
                                                Post-traumatic stress disorder NICE guideline Published: 5 […]
Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxi cation
                                                Clinical guideline Published: 25 July 2007 http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg52 […]
Autism spectrum disorder
                                                Autism spectrum disorder in under 19s: support […]
Bipolar disorder: assessment and management
                                                Clinical guideline Published: 24 September 2014 http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg185 […]
COVID vaccine would still work if you had it injected in your butt
Could you get the benefits of a COVID vaccine by having it injected into your butt instead of your arm, if for some reason you wanted to do that and were capable of finding a medical professional who would do it? ADVERTISEMENT Let’s get straight to the point here: Yes. The COVID vaccine would still […]
I c d of Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
 INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES – Mortality and Morbidity Statistics CHAPTER 06 This chapter has 161 four-character categories. Code range starts with 6A00 Mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders are syndromes characterized by clinically significant disturbance in an individual’s cognition, emotional regulation, or behaviour that reflects a dysfunction in the psychological, biological, or developmental processes that […]
Covishied
*Covid Vaccine update –53* A Zoom *meeting was held with Executive Director Serum Institute of India* to clear certain doubts about Covishield Vaccine, Presenting Excerpts of the session : 1. Covishied *can be safely given to people with multiple allergies*. However it is advisable to give prior information to the vaccine provider. 2. *2nd dose […]
Management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders
WHO GUIDELINES EVIDENCE PROFILES • Tobacco cessation • Weight management • Substance use disorders • Cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular risk • Diabetes mellitus • HIV/AIDS • Other infectious diseases (Tuberculosis, Hepatitis A/B) EVIDENCE PROFILE TOBACCO CESSATION PICO QUESTION: For people with severe mental disorder (SMD) who use tobacco, are pharmacological (including nicotine replacement therapy, bupropion, […]
RISK REDUCTION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE AND DEMENTIA
WHO GUIDELINES      i RISK REDUCTION OF COGNITIVE DECLINE AND DEMENTIA WHO GUIDELINES Risk reduction of cognitive decline and dementia: WHO guidelines ISBN 978-92-4-155054-3 © World Health Organization 2019 Some rights reserved. This work is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo). Under the […]
Anger Management Best Practice
 : Controlling Anger Before it Controls You – Anger Management Proven Techniques and Exercises Notice of Rights: Copyright © Jessalyn Woodruff. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. […]
*What is rapid cycling?*
*What is rapid cycling?* Rapid cycling is a stage in bipolar disorder, not a different type of bipolar disorder. It is defined as having four or more episodes (mania, hypomania, depression) in a 12 month period. A person can have four or more episodes in many different ways. For example: 1. Four or more separate […]
Life of IAS OFFICER
I personally know an IAS officer , a Joint Secretary in Ministry of Finance , who was also in PMO serving under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I am sharing my thoughts, so that it can motivate all the aspirants, because he has been the source of inspiration ,which induced me to pursue civil services. I […]
COVID–19 VACCINATION ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
 A GUIDE FOR ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES 2 GAJ KI PROMPTLY PROMPTLY GET DOORI SELF-ISOLATE TESTED Bene ciaries in phase 1 of COVID Vaccination in India include adults who are over 50 years and persons under 50 years with associated comorbidities such as hypertension/ diabetes/HIV/cancer/cardiovascular disease. This information guide explains why the vaccine is important and […]
Antiepileptic Drugs Combination Therapy and Interactions
 This page intentionally left blank This book reviews the use of antiepileptic drugs focussing on the interactions between these drugs, and between antiepileptics and other drugs. These interactions can be beneficial or can cause harm. The aim of this book is to increase awareness of the possible impact of combination pharmacotherapies. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic […]
Depressed and Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department: An Evidence-Based Approach
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ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A MEDICAL TEACHER
    ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A MEDICAL TEACHER This page intentionally left blank An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine Second Edition Ronald M. Harden OBE MD FRCP (Glas) FRCPC FRCS (Ed) Professor Emeritus Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, General Secretary, Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Editor, Medical Teacher […]
ANATOMY of STRETCHING
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Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs
Ric M. Procyshyn Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler J. Joel Jeffries (Editors) 23 Ericka Teleg / 192.133.45.2 (2020-04-01 16:57) This document is for personal use only. Reproduction or distribution is not permitted. From Ric M. Procyshyn, Kalyna Z. Bezchlibnyk-Butler, & J. Joel Jeffries: Clinical Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs, 23rd edition (ISBN 9781616765613) © 2019 Hogrefe Publishing. HOW […]
SEX IN THE BRAIN
   SEX IN THE BRAIN How Seizures, Strokes, Dementia, Tumors, and Trauma Can Change Your Sex Life AMEE BAIRD  Columbia University Press New York Columbia University Press Publishers Since 1893 New York Chichester, West Sussex cup.columbia.edu First published in Australia by NewSouth, an imprint of UNSW Press Ltd. Copyright © 2020 Amee […]
ABC of Dementia
  Edited by Bernard Coope, MBChB, MMedSci, MRCPsych Associate Medical Director, Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Felicity A. Richards, MBChB, MRCPsych,DGM Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust  This edition first published 2014 © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. BMJ Books is an […]
The Clozapine Handbook
 The Clozapine Handbook Stahl’s Handbooks Jonathan M. Meyer University of California, San Diego Stephen M. Stahl University of California, San Diego With illustrations by Nancy Muntner Neuroscience Education Institute                          […]
Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry
 The Maudsley Practice Guidelines for Physical Health Conditions in Psychiatry  THE MAUDSLEY GUIDELINES Other books in the Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines series include: The Maudsley Prescribing Guidelines in Psychiatry, 14th edition (coming in 2021) David M. Taylor, Thomas R.E. Barnes, Allan H. Young. The Maudsley Guidelines on Advanced Prescribing in Psychosis Paul Morrison, David […]
Preliminary Recommendations of the NCCN COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee*
NCCN: Cancer and COVID-19 Vaccination Version 1.0 1/22/2021 Preliminary Recommendations of the NCCN COVID-19 Vaccination Advisory Committee* Patients with cancer should be prioritized for vaccination (CDC priority group 1b/c) and should be immunized when vaccination is available to them. Immunization is recommended for all patients receiving active therapy, with the understanding that there […]
ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A MEDICAL TEACHER
    This page intentionally left blank ESSENTIAL SKILLS FOR A MEDICAL TEACHER An Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Medicine Second Edition Ronald M. Harden OBE MD FRCP (Glas) FRCPC FRCS (Ed) Professor Emeritus Medical Education, University of Dundee, UK, General Secretary, Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Editor, Medical Teacher […]
PUBLIC PSYCHIATRY
 YALE TEXTBOOK OF PUBLIC PSYCHIATRY  YALE TEXTBOOK OF PUBLIC PSYCHIATRY  Selby C. Jacobs, MD PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF PSYCHIATRY AND PUBLIC HEALTH Jeanne L. Steiner, DO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY Samuel A. Ball, PhD PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY Larry Davidson, PhD PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY Joanne DeSanto Iennaco, PhD, APRN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF NURSING […]
Catatonia
 MMM MMM This page intentionally left blank Catatonia is a syndrome of motor dysregulation (mutism, characteristic postures, repetitive speech, negativism, and imitative movements), and is found in as many as 10% of acutely ill psychiatric inpatients. Although its classification has been controversial, the identification of catatonia is not difficult, but it is often missed, […]
Sleep Medicine
   Sudhansu Chokroverty • Michel Billiard Editors Sleep Medicine A Comprehensive Guide to Its Development, Clinical Milestones, and Advances in Treatment   Editors Sudhansu Chokroverty Professor of Neuroscience, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ; Clinical Professor of Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ; Director of Sleep Research & […]
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