Category neuropsychiatry
What Is Dravet Syndrome?
Dravet syndrome is a rare, severe, and incurable epilepsy syndrome that begins in early childhood. It was previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI). Dravet syndrome is characterized by prolonged, multiple seizures frequently brought on by increased body temperature. A mutation of the SCN1A gene, which controls electrical signals in the brain, is […]
S N Medical college agra state of affairs
S.N. medical college is having a golden history but those days are over now. It is India’s 3rd opened medical college and have produced large number of good doctors. In Uttar Pradesh either govt. Is not taking care of this medical college or it is solely fault of S.N. contruction authority. •No drinking water facility. […]
Covid update
Recently there was a seminar about covid immunity and vaccines at JIPMER, attended by experts immunologist like Dr Amita Aggarwal (SGPGI), Dr Andrew Pollard (UK), Dr N K Arora, Dr Gagandeep Kang (Vellore) and epidemiologist like Dr Muliyel (Vellore). Based discussions held, this is what I am able to conclude: 1. Our current understanding about […]
The Heimlich Maneuver
The Heimlich Maneuver If a person is coughing forcefully, encourage continued coughing to clear the object. A person who can’t cough, speak or breathe, however, needs immediate help. Ask if they are choking and let them know you will use abdominal thrusts, also known as the Heimlich maneuver, to prevent suffocation. The procedure is not recommended for children […]
Case file
      FIFTH EDITION       CASE FILES® Psychiatry   Eugene C. Toy, MD Assistant Dean for Education Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Education Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical School at Debra Klamen, MD, MHPE Associate Dean of Education and Curriculum […]
Covishield vs covaxin
             Indian Government started the vaccination rollout on 16th January 2021 and so far around 1. 8 crore people (as of 4th March) have been vaccinated with priority to healthcare and other frontline workers. From 1st March, the drive at the private vaccination […]
*Management of antidepressant discontinuation (withdrawal) syndrome: Part one*
Antidepressant discontinuation (withdrawal) syndrome (ADS) is a relatively common and troublesome condition. For mild symptoms, education and symptomatic treatment may be enough but for moderate/severe symptoms, it will be necessary to either restart the same antidepressant or switch to fluoxetine. Educate the patient Antidepressant discontinuation symptoms can really freak out the person. So, taking the […]
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
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Drug misuse in over 16s: opioid detoxi cation
                                                Clinical guideline Published: 25 July 2007 http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg52 […]
Autism spectrum disorder
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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 & […]
Covid
Summary of Dr Gangakhedkar’s(ICMR) lecture: About 22-23% of population has developed immunity in India so far. Safe herd immunity is 58-74%, which will take 5-6 years for the whole world. No Covid mutants in India because of short survival time of the morbid patients( not enough time for the virus for mutation). Nobody globally received […]
warp
The coronavirus can warp the body’s defenses in many ways — disarming the body’s early warning systems, for example, or causing immune cells to misfire. But a spate of new studies suggests another insidious consequence: The infection can trigger the production of antibodies that mistakenly attack the patient’s own tissues instead of the virus. The […]
Depression
 • • • The depressive episode should last for at least 2 weeks No hypomanic or manic symptoms sufficient to meet the criteria for hypomanic or manic episode at any time in the individual’s life. Not attributable to psychoactive substance use or to any organic mental disorder CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF […]
Covid
 COVID-19 Clinical management  Living guidance 25 January 2021  1 Clinical management of COVID-19: living guidan c COVID-19 Clinical management Living guidance 25 January 2021                        This document is the update […]
STAHL€TM S ESSENTIAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Prescriberâ€TM s Guide
STAHL€TM S ESSENTIAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Prescriberâ€TM s Guide SEVENTH EDITION With the range of psychotropic drugs expanding and the usages of existing medications diversifying, we are pleased to present this very latest edition of what has become the indispensable formulary in psychopharmacology. This new edition features several new compounds as well as information about new formulations, […]
Research methods in psychiatry
 3rd edition Edited by Chris Freeman and Peter Tyrer This page intentionally left blank Research Methods in Psychiatry Third edition Edited by Chris Freeman & Peter Tyrer Gaskell © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2006 Second edition © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1992 Cover illustrations © Ian Whadcock/Eastwing 2006 Gaskell is an imprint […]
Personality disorders
                          In memory of David Thoreson Lykken (1928–2006), valued mentor, brilliant thinker, courageous scholar, and pioneer in the study of personality disorders.         […]
The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing
 Andrew Taylor O’Neil (September 2, 1991–September 9, 2014) This book is dedicated to Andrew – high-school valedictorian, Eagle Scout with highest honors, nat- uralist, intellectual, humorist, friend and teacher to all, brother, and most importantly an amazing, caring, giving, and loving son. No parent could ever be more proud of a son than I […]
Clinical Cases in Psychocutaneous Disease
     Clinical Cases in Dermatology Series Editor: Robert A. Norman Tien V. Nguyen · Jillian W. Wong John Koo Clinical Cases in Psychocutaneous Disease                   Clinical Cases in Dermatology Series Editor Robert A. Norman […]
Adverse Events Following Immunisation
AEFI Adverse Events Following Immunisation Dr.K.Sudhakar,MD., Professor &HOD Department of General Medicine.,GGH Guntur Expert Committee member/Covid-19 Command Control room Loading… Covishield-Viral Vector Vaccine •The gene for a pathogen protein is inserted into a different virus that can infect someone without causing disease •The safe virus serves […]
revIew artIcle Incidental chest computed tomography ndings in asymptomatic Covid‐19 patients. A multicentre Indian perspective
[Downloaded free from http://www.ijri.org on Sunday, January 24, 2021, IP: 49.207.129.185] Rochita V Ramanan, Anagha R Joshi1, Akash Venkataramanan2, Senthur P Nambi3, Rashmi Badhe4 Departments of Radiology and 3Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospitals Chennai, 2Intern, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 1Department of Radiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, 4Department of Radiology, […]
CIinicians’ Guide To Adult ADHD Assessment and Intervention
  CIinicians’ Guide To Adult ADHD Assessment and Intervention  This Page Intentionally Left Blank  Clinicians’ Guide To Adult ADHD Assessment and Intervention Sam Goldstein Universityof Utah,Salt Lake City, UT Anne Teeter Ellison University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,Milwaukee, WI ACADEMIC PRESS An imprintof ElsevierScience Amsterdam Boston London New York Oxford San Diego San Francisco Singapore […]
deemagclinic
deemag and chest clinic 