Category neuropsychiatry
DELHI STATE MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR Mental Health Establishments as per MHA, 2017
DELHI STATE MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR Mental Health Establishments as per MHA, 2017 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 1. In the previous Mental Health Act, 1987 there was no provision for Minimum Standards for Psychiatric Nursing Homes and the norms of the NHRC report of 1999 were the benchmark for providing quality assurance in mental […]
Jarisch Herxheimer reaction causes, symptoms & treatment
Learn about Jarisch Herxheimer reaction. What are causes & symptoms of Jarisch Herxheimer reaction. How is Jarisch Herxheimer reaction treated — Read on healthjade.net/jarisch-herxheimer/ Jarisch Herxheimer reaction Jarisch Herxheimer causes Jarisch Herxheimer reaction symptoms Jarisch Herxheimer treatment Jarisch Herxheimer reaction Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction is a self-limited reaction associated with initiation of anti-treponemal therapy that most often […]
डॉक्टर्स और डॉक्टर्स संगठन इतने कमजोर क्यों है
डॉक्टर्स और डॉक्टर्स संगठन इतने कमजोर क्यों है ; क्यों कोई भी इनके मान सम्मान की परवाह नहीं करता , मारपीट अपमान मानहानि से नहीं चूकता , सब मिलाकर आर्थिक ,मानसिक सामाजिक शोषण , आइये विस्तार में महत्वपूर्ण विवेचना करते हैं कि पिछले 75 वर्षों में क्या गलतियां हुई है 🙏 संगठन में शक्ति होती […]
Gynecologist charged 302 for death of baby
A patient, Mrs Neelam Somnath Bendre, was taking antenatal care from a gynaecologist, Dr Vikas Ghadge, in Borgaon village in Satara district. She visited him on 15th of January 2023, when he advised her to undergo planned caesarean section delivery as her baby was in breech presentation . She visited again on 27th of January […]
Dr INDERJIT SINGH
INDERJIT SINGH **The Remarkable Journey of Dr. Inderjit Singh: A Life of Resilience and Discovery** The year was 1909, in the humid, bustling town of Maymo, Burma. A second son was born to Sardar and Shrimati Mehr Singh, a couple scraping by in a world that offered little mercy to the poor. They named him […]
Types of speakers at Medical Conferences
Types of speakers at Medical Conferences – Other than these establishes models, a new model called “story tellers” is emerging quite fast. As pale shadows of their more polished and better dressed corporate counterparts (lovingly called “bullshitters”), they try to use the word “narrative” and “space” quite often and aim to change the world with […]
Medical Negligence & Defences of Doctors
S.S. Upadhyay Former District & Sessions Judge/ Former Legal Advisor to Governor UP, Lucknow Mobile : 9453048988 E-mail : ssupadhyay28@gmail.com 1. History of medico-legal concept in India : The history of medico-legal concept in India can be traced to the following ancient works : (i) Atharva Veda (three thousand BC) (ii) Charaka Samhita (composed in […]
drinking
The Gift When he started drinking socially in 2012, she disagreed.When he started shouting at her for “unsolicited advice,” she kept quiet.When he started drinking after office hours, she voiced her concerns.When he started shouting at her in front of the children, she kept quiet.When he started drinking every day in the morning, too, she […]
stabbed by a patient
Written by Dr. Liaquat Roopesh ,HOD, Department Of Community Medicine,Azeezia Medical College Disclaimer: This article is an outpouring of emotions following the untimely and unfortunate homicide of one of my students by a deranged patient while on duty at a Government hospital. Today morning, I was woken by a phone call from a junior colleague […]
ordinance to ensure the safety of healthcare professionals in hospitals.
After 22-year-old Kerala doctor killed by patient, state to set up police outposts at major hospitals In the wake of widespread protests by doctors over the killing of a young doctor two days ago, the Kerala government on Thursday decided to issue an ordinance to ensure the safety of healthcare professionals in hospitals. ADVERTISEMENT null […]
Making of MBBS
Sorry, Vandana . Despite being an average student, a resolute dream to become a doctor drove me to follow in the footsteps of my accomplished uncles, cousins, and elder brother. With an unwavering commitment to my goal, I dedicated six hours each day to daily chores, including sleeping, and spent a staggering 18 hours per […]
Theobromine –
Theobromine, also known as xantheose, is the principal alkaloid of Theobroma cacao (cacao plant).[4] Theobromine is slightly water-soluble (330 mg/L) with a bitter taste.[5] In industry, theobromine is used as an additive and precursor to some cosmetics.[4] It is found in chocolate, as well as in a number of other foods, including the leaves of the […]
एसएन मेडिकल कॉलेज
एसएन मेडिकल कॉलेजब्रिटिश साम्राज्य के शासनकाल के दौरान, वर्ष 1854 में स्थापित होने वाले देश के पहले तीन मेडिकल स्कूलों में से एक होने की प्रतिष्ठा से खुद को सम्मानित किया गया है। इस संस्थान का इतिहास आम तौर पर उत्तर प्रदेश राज्य में चिकित्सा शिक्षा के विकास और विकास के समानांतर चलता है। लेफ्टिनेंट […]
Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/
Involuntary commitment, civil commitment, or involuntary hospitalization/hospitalisationis a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is detained in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) where they can be treated involuntarily. This treatment may involve the administration of psychoactive drugs, including involuntary administration. In many […]
Save “Medical Schools” of India But has “medical colleges” instead During my almost six years at Pune’s Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Medical College, from where I graduated a decade ago, I never used the phrase “medical school.” I also don’t remember anyone else using that term to describe any of India’s four hundred or so medical colleges. […]
Oldest medical college in India
The year 1835 has a special bearing in the history of medical education in India. Two very prestigious and respected medical colleges of India, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata and Madras Medical College, Chennai admitted students for the first time in 1835. The Calcutta Medical College was not only the first institute to teach modern medicine […]
AI is coming for the doctors
AI is coming for the doctors! 😧 A new breakout study compared ChatGPT vs. physician responses to patient questions. The results were insane. Here’s how AI is about to revolutionize health care: Overall, patients preferred the chatbot over the physician 79% of the time. From the study: “The chatbot responses were preferred over physician responses […]
Neuropathogenesis of COVID-19
AAAS March 4, 2023 1-2 pm Room 147 Neuropathogenesis of COVID-19 Avi Nath Chief, Section of Infections of the Nervous System National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH Bethesda, Maryland, USA PATTERNS OF LONG-COVID Severity of symptoms Severity of symptoms new symptoms Months Months Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Balcom, et al., Brain 2021 Pathogenesis of […]
Ageing
Productive Ageing I recently came across this news snippet that tremendously inspired me. Shri Dr. CR Rao, 102, Padma Vibhushan awardee and a prominent Indian American mathematician and statistician, was recently awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics, the equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the field, for his monumental work 75 years ago that […]
XBB.1.16
Scientists claimed the XBB.1.16 variant of coronavirus to be responsible for the current surge in cases in India. On March 28, 2023, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) recommended an update in the treatment guidelines for managing COVID-19. Amid fears of a rapid resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the country, India recorded more […]
Ayurveda practitioners
The apex court in India, the Supreme Court (SC), ruled that Ayurveda practitioners do not perform equivalent work and so cannot have equal pay compared to MBBS(medical science) doctors. It took a verdict from the honorable SC for people to understand the difference between medical science and pseudoscience. Apart from the pointed differences shown in […]
Cirrhosis is reversible
Myth: Cirrhosis is irreversible.Fact: Cirrhosis is reversible and structural changes can regress Alcohol-related chronic liver disease (CLD) can reverse with alcohol abstinence Hepatitis B-related CLD can reverse with antiviral therapy (drug of choice: tenofovir alfenamide) Hepatitis C-related CLD can reverse with direct-acting antiviral therapy (medicalnewstoday.com/articles/daa-h…) Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-related CLD can reverse with control of […]
Cerebral atrophy due to vitamin B12 deficiency
Cerebral atrophy (brain shrinkage) in an infant: Sad story with a happy ending 1. 10-month old infant was brought by his parents with generalized weakness & lethargy for 4 months. His motor milestones had also slowed down. He was evaluated by a local pediatrician. #MedTwitter 2. Thyroid profile was normal. MRI brain showed severe, diffuse cerebral atrophy (generalized […]
हेनरी ग्रे !
हेनरी ग्रे ! ये एलोपैथी के इतिहास पुरुष हैं !आज इन पर एक पोस्ट मिली , और मैं सोचता रहा , क्या आदमी था ! शवों को कब्र से खोद कर निकालता था , अध्ययन करता था , शोध करता था , लिखता था , चित्र बनाता था , और ये सब उसने 20 – […]
Misc
Sl. No. Content Page No. 1 Indirect Comparison of Lenadogene Nolparvovec Gene Therapy versus Natural History in m.11778G>A MT-ND4 Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Patients 1 2 NfL Levels Significantly Decrease in Response to Treatment with Patisiran or Vutrisiran in hATTR Amyloidosis with Polyneuropathy 3 3 Comparison of Efficacy Outcomes with Vutrisiran vs. Patisiran in hATTR […]
The Mental Health Atlas 2017
The World Health Organization Atlas reveals lower bed and mental health professionals ratio per population in India. This may be due to a poor allocation of funding in the mental health sector by the Government. This resulted in a lack of complete and comprehensive care ranging from acute treatment to long-term rehabilitation throughout the country. […]
THE ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT OF CURRY LEAVES (Murraya Koenigii)
Introduction: Curry Leaf (Murraya koenigii) is a green leafy vegetable native to India. Curry leaves are natural flavoring agents with numerous health benefits. They contain several medicinal properties that include it being anti-diabetic, antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic and with hepato-protective properties. The aim of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effects of curry leaves. […]
ScienceIsDope_
Dear friends[especially Indians and Indian diaspora]I would like you all to watch this new video by @ScienceIsDope_ It is important, because it will provide you simple, understandable and basic knowledge about identifcation of “fake evidence” in so-called “scientific studies” that are especially discussed by those who try to sell their pseudoscience, well marketed as “religious […]
alcohol
Everyone knows that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption and significant alcohol use can lead to alchohol-associated liver disease that can eventually lead to alcohol-related cirrhosis (end stage) or acute-on-chronic liver failure (critical). But significant alcohol use does not affect only the liver. The whole body takes a toll. Here are some lesser […]
Psychology of Eggs To Order: 🥚 Breakfast, in the Army, was usually a hurried affair for a young officer. The interval between morning physical training and office barely gave time for a quick shower and change of dress. This was followed by a brief stopover at the officer’s mess for a quick breakfast. Unlike a […]
Covid-19 virus and liver injury
Covid-19 virus has high tropism (attraction) to the liver and biliary system, BUT does not cause direct liver injury or liver failure Read more here (needs University/Hospital or personal subscription):“Investigating the correlation between COVID-19 and the progression of chronic liver disease:” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
Trofim Lysenko – Wikipedia
Trofim Lysenko Article Talk Language Watch Edit In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Denisovich and the family name is Lysenko. Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (Russian: Трофим Денисович Лысенко, Ukrainian: Трохи́м Дени́сович Лисе́нко, Ukrainian pronunciation: [troˈxɪm deˈnɪsowɪtʃ lɪˈsɛnko]; 29 September [O.S. 17 September] 1898 – 20 November 1976) was a Soviet agronomist and pseudo-scientist.[1] He […]
“Psychia
L Dear Reader, It gives us immense pleasure to share the April’ 2023; issue 67 of “Psychia Tree”, which explores the clinical evidence supporting the new understandings and happenings in the field of Psychiatry Being a healthcare custodian of the society, clinicians are constantly thriving to be abreast with the novel understandings of disease and […]
catatonia
Evidence-based consensusguidelines for themanagement of catatonia:Recommendations from the British Association for PsychopharmacologyJournal of Psychopharmacology 2023, Vol. 37(4) 327–369Academic support initiative by Background
Neurobic
The Neurobic Alzheimer’s causes the person to lose memory and can no longer have feelings of pleasure and joy, nor control of their own organs. The patient loses Consciousness about his actions and his own Identity, because he will no longer be able to recognise himself, his friends and family and not even his own […]
Daily report on Public Health measures taken for COVID-
State Control Room, Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Tamil Nadu Media Bulletin 18.04.2023 Daily report on Public Health measures taken for COVID-19 S.No Description 1 Number of COVID -19 testing facilities 2 Number of active cases till yesterday 3 Number of persons tested positive today 4 […]
Floortime M This article needs more medical references for verification or relies too heavily on primary sources. (November 2017) The floortime or Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based (DIR) model is a developmental model for assessing and understanding any child’s strengths and weaknesses. It has become particularly effective at identifying the unique developmental profiles and developing programs for children experiencing developmental delays due to autism, autism spectrum disorders, or other developmental disorders. […]
Story of Dr. Vidya Sagar MD
Triple Jubilee Celebrations 2023-24 years 60 INDEX (fo”k; lwph) i`”B la[;k Preface iii Acknowledgment v Foreword: Dr. Rajiv Gupta vii Message : Sh. Manohar Lal Khattar CM, Haryana ix Message : Prof. Anita Saxena VC, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak x Message : Dr. O.P. Kalra Former VC, Univ. of Health Sciences, Rohtak xi Message […]
America Has No Way to Take Care of Mentally Ill People | Time
Opponents of New York Mayor Eric Adam’s plan to involuntarily send mentally-ill homeless people to psychiatric hospitals participate in a rally at City Hall on December 08, 2022 in New York City. The mayor’s plan has been met with fierce opposition from civic groups, homeless advocates and some law enforcement. Under the plan, private hospitals […]
10 Signs Someone is Addicted to Drugs
Drug addiction is not something new anymore. We see a lot of people who are addicted to some type of drug or another all the time. However, what makes drug addiction worse is that many people who are addicted to drugs don’t ever agree to themselves that they are really addicts. If you’re one of […]
MORAL OF THE STORY IS, EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE SIDE LINED !
MORAL OF THE STORY IS, EXPERIENCE CANNOT BE SIDE LINED ! Forwarded in writer’s own writing….👇🏻 I had finished my MBBS and was pursuing MD in internal medicine in one of the best government colleges in Kerala. Clearing the tough MD entrance by merit gave me an aura and self pride, that comes along with […]
The Use of Cardioprotective Devices and Strategies in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Procedures and Cardiac Surgery
healthcare Review The Use of Cardioprotective Devices and Strategies in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Procedures and Cardiac Surgery Toufik Abdul-Rahman 1,2 , Ileana Lizano-Jubert 3 , Neil Garg 4, Emilio Tejerina-Marion 3 , Syed Muhammad Awais Bukhari 5 , Ana Luisa Ek 3 , Andrew Awuah Wireko 1,2, Adriana C. Mares 6 , Vladyslav Sikora 1,7 […]
MHA
रजिस्ट्री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-22122020-223849 स.ं 554] No. 554] असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग III—खण्ड 4 PART III—Section 4 प्राजधकार से प्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY नई दिल्ली, िुक्रवार, दिसम्बर 18, 2020/ अग्रहायण 27, 1942 NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1942 कें द्रीय मानजसक स्ट्वास्ट््य प्राजधकरण अजधसचू ना नई दिल्ली, 18 दिसम्बर, […]
Suicide and suicide attempt
[Downloaded free from http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org on Thursday, June 17, 2021, IP: 248.148.176.4]REVIEW ARTICLEPractical implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Suicide and suicide attemptLaxmi Naresh Vadlamani, Mahesh Gowda1Department of Psychiatry, Columbus Hospital – Institute of Psychiatry and Deaddiction, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1Department of Psychiatry, Spandana Health Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaABSTRACTThe prevalence of suicides has been increasing in recent […]
Practical implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Suicide and suicide attempt
[Downloaded free from http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org on Thursday, June 17, 2021, IP: 248.148.176.4]REVIEW ARTICLEPractical implications of Mental Healthcare Act 2017: Suicide and suicide attemptLaxmi Naresh Vadlamani, Mahesh Gowda1Department of Psychiatry, Columbus Hospital – Institute of Psychiatry and Deaddiction, Hyderabad, Telangana, 1Department of Psychiatry, Spandana Health Care, Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaABSTRACTThe prevalence of suicides has been increasing in recent […]
Burnout
The life of a medical, nursing, or PA student can be stressful at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic. Whether you’re on your way to becoming a health professional, or you already are one, it’s important to be aware of the signs of burnout. Osmosis is here to provide tips to help […]
Of substance | Deccan Herald
Human beings, since time immemorial, have a natural urge to ‘feel different’ periodically. It has been called the ‘fourth drive’ after food, sex and sleep. Children discover the experience quite early when they playfully spin round and round at an increasing speed, till they feel a head rush. Adults do it by taking mind-altering substances or […]
‘colonial loot’
India archive reveals extent of ‘colonial loot’ in royal jewellery collection David Pegg and Manisha Ganguly Five years ago, Buckingham Palace marked its summer opening with an exhibition celebrating the then Prince Charles’s 70th birthday with a display of his favourite pieces from the royal collection, Britain’s official trove of items connected to the monarchy. “The prince […]
deemagclinic
deemag and chest clinic 