Category neuropsychiatry
Cognitive enhancement by drugs in health and disease
Masud Husain and Mitul A. Mehta Attempts to improve cognitive function in patients with brain disorders have become the focus of intensive research efforts. A recent emerging trend is the use of so-called cognitive enhancers by healthy individuals. Here, we consider some of the effects – positive and negative – that current drugs have in […]
Medical training is a tragedy waiting to happen. We shouldn’t be silent about it
Georgina Dent I don’t want to write about being married to a doctor but complicity in the silence around the pressures of practising medicine isn’t a victory for anyone A doctor in a hospital View more sharing options Contact author @georgiedent Tuesday 16 May 2017 00.03 EDT Last modified on Wednesday 17 May 2017 00.25 […]
Guidelines for issuing a Medical Certificate
(a) Medical certificates are legal documents. Medical practitioners who deliberately issue a false, misleading or inaccuratecertificate could face disciplinary action under the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics), Regulations, 2002. b) The certificate should be legible, written on the doctor’s letterhead and should not contain abbreviations or medicaljargon. The certificate should be based on facts known to the doctor. […]
First Nasal Spray Successfully Treats Supraventricular Tachycardia
HRS late-breaking study results show innovative medication has potential to change the way patients are treated for this rapid heart rate arrhythmia May 16, 2017 – Results of a groundbreaking clinical trial demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel, fast-acting nasal spray therapy called Etripamil to stop a common rapid heart rate condition known as paroxysmal […]
Many Depressed Doctors Don’t Seek Help
Doctors get sad, like anyone else. So how do doctors cope when sad days turn into weeks, even months? Are there unique factors that lead to physician depression? Are doctors different from the general population in the way in which they respond to depression? What treatments do doctors seek or avoid? Here’s what many depressed […]
Diagnosis of Acute Stroke
KENNETH S. YEW, MD, MPH, Family Medicine of Albemarle, Charlottesville, Virginia ERIC M. CHENG, MD, MS, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Am Fam Physician. 2015 Apr 15;91(8):528-536. Patient information: See related handout on stroke, written by the authors of this article. Author disclosure: No relevant financial affiliations. Classifying Stroke Risk […]
Death By A Thousand Clicks: Leading Boston Doctors Decry Electronic Medical RecordsMay 12, 2017By Drs. John Levinson, Bruce H. Price and Vikas Saini
(John Raoux/AP)closemore It happens every day, in exam rooms across the country, something that would have been unthinkable 20 years ago: Doctors and nurses turn away from their patients and focus their attention elsewhere — on their computer screens. By the time the doctor can finally turn back to her patient, she will have spent […]
Why say no to consumer court
Medicine is Science but Treatment is an art. Medical treatment does not have a rule book- what is recorded as treatment is used as reference to proceed: Treatment differs from doctor to doctor Therapy should be customised -only corporate treatments are protocol based Institution protocols differs and varies from institution to institution Various schools and […]
Why quacks
Dr. Pattan Jaffar Ali Khan MD; DPH; DPH&H; DCBD; MSc(Nutrn); FAIMS; PhD; MBA; MHRM. Why Do Patients Prefer Quacks For Their Healthcare Needs Nov 8 2015 Share on WhatsApp Share on Email Flag inappropriate +1250 views Most of the modern doctors suffer from Hemianopia, the one-sided vision, as they bother […]
Dodo bird verdict
The Dodo bird verdict (or Dodo bird conjecture) is a controversial topic in psychotherapy,[1] referring to the claim that all psychotherapies, regardless of their specific components, produce equivalent outcomes. It is named after The Dodo character of Alice in Wonderland. The conjecture was introduced by Saul Rosenzweig in 1936, drawing on imagery from Lewis Carroll’s […]
Don’t call me a provider
The Provider Will See You Now By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D. DECEMBER 29, 2011 11:35 AM December 29, 2011 11:35 am I can’t quite remember when the term “provider” slipped into the hospital lexicon. It was perhaps 10 years ago, when our hospital started hiring physician assistants and nurse practitioners to share the clinical load. In […]
Generics
Editorial (Dr K K Aggarwal) (Dr RN Tandon) 13th May, 2017 We all prescribe generic drugs only, where is the confusion then? (Part 1) The final IMA Stand on generic drugs Write Legible Write Generic (Generic- Generic or Trade Generic or Branded Generic) Write Chemical name of the drug in CAPITAL (up to two […]
Dear doctors, be kind to each other.
Dharmaraj Karthikesan’s BlogMy life as a doctor and the way I see it… I met a young doctor who used to work with me recently. I had just completed my night rounds in the hospital and I was leaving for home. And then I saw him. He was unkempt, exhausted and appeared famished. Worst of […]
The Medical Professions’s Culture of Corruption, Part 1:
Your independent, respected source for information about medications and natural therapies. Medication side effects are the #4 leading cause of death in the U.S. annually (JAMA 1998). Yet, few people receive adequate information when medication is prescribed. This website is dedicated to providing information to help you and your doctor make informed, intelligent choices about […]
The Medical Profession’s Culture of Corruption, Part 2:
Your independent, respected source for information about medications and natural therapies. Medication side effects are the #4 leading cause of death in the U.S. annually (JAMA 1998). Yet, few people receive adequate information when medication is prescribed. This website is dedicated to providing information to help you and your doctor make informed, intelligent choices about […]
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How to pick a medical speciality that’ll keep you happy your entire life?
Published: Monday, 15 February 2016 13:3 One of the hardest decisions in your career begins at the end of MBBS, when you have to start thinking about which specialty to pursue. With over 60 specialties and over 30 subspecialties to consider after MBBS, it can be a tough choice. Most people start narrowing down their […]
Mad Pride
Mad Pride parade in Salvador, Brazil, in 2009. Mad Pride is a mass movement of the users of mental health services, former users, and their allies. It was formed in 1993 in response to local community prejudices towards people with a psychiatric history living in boarding homes in the Parkdale area of Toronto, Canada, and […]
Psychiatric survivors movement
The psychiatric survivors movement (more broadly peer/consumer/survivor/ex-patient movement[1]) is a diverse association of individuals who either currently access mental health services (known as consumers or service users), or who are survivors of interventions by psychiatry, or who are ex-patients of mental health services.[2] The psychiatric survivors movement arose out of the civil rights movement of […]
Outline of the psychiatric survivors movement
Outline of the psychiatric survivors movementThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the psychiatric survivors movement: Psychiatric survivors movement – diverse association of individuals who are either currently clients of mental health services, or who consider themselves survivors of interventions by psychiatry, or who identify themselves as ex-patients of […]
Involuntary commitment
For involuntary treatment in non-hospital settings, see involuntary treatment. Involuntary commitment or civil commitment (also known as sectioning in some jurisdictions) is a legal process through which an individual who is deemed by a qualified agent to have symptoms of severe mental disorder is court-ordered into treatment in a psychiatric hospital (inpatient) or in the […]
“Project Icarus”,
The Icarus Project is a media and activist endeavor broadly aligned to anti-psychiatry, arguing that mental illness should actually be regarded as “dangerous gifts”. The name is derived from Icarus, a hero in Greek mythology, and is metaphorically used to convey that these experiences can lead to “potential[ly] flying dangerously close to the sun.” [1] […]
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP) is an international organisation representing, and led by what it terms “survivors of psychiatry”. As of 2003, over 70 national organizations were members of WNUSP, based in 30 countries.[1] The network seeks to protect and develop the human rights, disability rights, dignity and self-determination of […]
The Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why,
The Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, has caused a furor. In the show, a high school student who has died by suicide has left 13 tapes, one for each person she believes have contributed in some way to her eventual decision. Each episode relates to an individual tape. The penultimate episode depicts the suicide in […]
Can Dr Randhir Sud start charging consultation of Rs 20000 please ?
Practice of modern scientific medicine is being made more and more difficult by increase in arbitrary laws and interference of judiciary in purely medical professional decisions. This has simultaneously been quixotically supplemented by allowing all kinds of quacks the right to practice modern medicine. The standards and the rules imposed on the qualified practitioners of […]
MCI
MINUTES of GBM of MCI held on 29th March’2017 at the Office of Medical Council of India, Sector 8 Dwarka, New Delhi Regarding Violence against the Doctors Members supported the concern for assault on Resident doctors and the following Resolutions were proposed 27A Privileges of persons who are enrolled on Indian Medical Register/State Medical […]
India left embarassed:
Renowned medical journal Lancet discusses rising violence in country’s health sector 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 In a piece published in one of the oldest medical journals in the world in April, it was said that the health workers in India have reached a breaking point in the wake of continuous physical attacks on them. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 Violence in the […]
UNRCPD
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities states parties states that have signed, but not ratified states that have not signed Drafted 13 December 2006 Signed 30 March 2007 Location New York Effective 3 May 2008 Condition 20 ratifications Signatories 160 Parties 173 Depositary Secretary-General of the United Nations Languages Arabic, […]
MHA 2017
A new narrative around mental health Soumitra Pathare 02 APRIL 2017 00:02 IST UPDATED: 01 APRIL 2017 22:36 IST The Mental Healthcare Bill — approved in the Lok Sabha last week following Rajya Sabha approval in August 2016 — marks a paradigm shift in the care and treatment of persons with mental illness […]
Difference Between MCI Permitted & Recognised Medical Seat
By Dr. Paresh Koli on February 26, 2014 345 Comments / 99094 views Medical Council of India Logo Medical Council of India Logo Every year at the time of Medical admissions into MBBS or PG Degree/ Diploma courses students get confused as they do not know difference between a Medical Council of India […]
Citrullinemia
Citrullinemia is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder that causes ammonia and other toxic substances to accumulate in the blood.[1] Since the substances also accumulate in the urine, the disorder can also be called citrullinuria. Two forms of citrullinemia have been described, both having different signs and symptoms, and are caused by mutations in different […]
Henry Marsh: How doctors can become monsters
‘It’s through mistakes that we learn; success teaches one very little,’ says one of the UK’s most celebrated neurosurgeons Mary Wakefield 6 May 2017 9:00 AM Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email There’s a graveyard inside Henry Marsh’s head, though you’d never guess it to look at him. There he sits in his elegant […]
NEET
“We cannot stop doctors from studying or working abroad – we can provide them with lucrative offers”, these are the words of an official serving on the parliamentary committee. Obviously, doctors are too less in numbers in India. Total number of MBBS seats—53,330 (30,000 NEET) Colleges 426 Total 17,000 PG-NEET seats are available across 350 […]
Doctors Earn $3.5 Billion in Kickbacks from Pharmaceutical Companies
Health Impact NewsGo to… Print This Post Print This Post 23K 113 17 Share 3 Share 6 101 Patient bribing doctor putting money to pocket Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System The government’s data on payments to doctors and hospitals by […]
How much pharma companies are paying your doctor
This story was co-published with The New York Times. On Tuesday, the federal government is expected to release details of payments to doctors by every pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturer in the country. The information is being made public under a provision of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. The law mandates disclosure of payments to […]
Dollars for Doctors
As Full Disclosure Nears, Doctors’ Pay for Drug Talks Plummets As transparency increases and blockbuster drugs lose patent protection, drug companies have dramatically scaled back payments to doctors for promotional talks. This fall, all drug and medical device companies will be required to report payments to doctors. by Charles Ornstein, Eric Sagara and Ryann Grochowski […]
Novartis CEO talks about drug costs, paying doctors and ‘doing the right thing’
On Leadership By Lillian Cunningham September 24, 2015 at 5:31 PM (Joseph Jimenez, CEO of Novartis | Photo by The Washington Post) As stories of jacked-up drug costs make news, and discussions of health-care reform pepper the campaign trail, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez sat down with The Washington Post to talk about how he views […]
Canadian drug companies agree to divulge how much they pay doctors, health groups
BY TOM BLACKWELL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MAR 28, 2016 One critic calls the plan by Canadian drug companies to start publishing statistics on their overall payments to health… Amid ongoing controversy over the fees pharmaceutical companies pay doctors, 10 Canadian-based firms have agreed to divulge how much cash they hand over to physicians and health organizations […]
Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption Marcia Angell JANUARY 15, 2009 ISSUE
A Note to Readers Side Effects: A Prosecutor, a Whistleblower, and a Bestselling Antidepressant on Trial by Alison Bass Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 260 pp., $24.95 Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs by Melody Petersen Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, […]
WHY Mano Marriage
One of the commonest reasons of divorce is having a mental or a neurological disorder in either of the couple, especially in wife. Tolerating psychiatric disorder in husbands by their wives is often seen than vice versa, due to various cultural, psychological, social, financial and family reasons. Parents of sons and daughters having serious psychiatric […]
:: जेनरिक, सस्ती और ब्रांडेड दवाओं का सच ::
एक बार एक टी.वी. शो में कुछ आधे-अधूरे तथ्यों एवं बिना विषय से सम्बंधित उपयुक्त एवं un biased विशेषज्ञों को साथ लिए, सभी भारतीय चिकित्सकों की लगभग खिल्ली उड़ाते हुए, उनके द्वारा मरीजों को लिखे जाने वाली अच्छी कम्पनी की ब्रांडेड दवाओं के बारे में कुछ भ्रान्ति प्रचारित एवं प्रसारित की गयी. यही नहीं बाज़ार […]
Generics and brands
Let me clear the myth being spread by media and the politicians about generic and non generic drugs.1. Drugs are developed by pharma companies in labs and after lots of clinical testings for their safety and efficacy they enter into market as branded drugs in patented form by which means no other company can market […]
Problems with mental health act
Some of the problematic areas of the legislation are a) definition of certain terms like *mental health establishment* b) Capacity to consent for treatment (most problematic one) c) Advance Directives d) Nominated Representative e) All issues /problems / litigation will be heard in *mental health board* which is a civil court (quasi judicial body). Now […]
Generics
Generic-Generic or Generic-only drug (without brand name) and usually is supplied in institutional supplies. “Generic name of the drug” is not same as generic drug and means the chemical name of the drug only. Generic-Generic is made and marketed by local companies in the unorganized sector as the preparation with questionable quality.Trade Generic (Generic marketed […]
The ACE Study
Addiction doc says: Stop chasing the drug! Focus on ACEs and people will heal. Posted by Jane Ellen Stevens dr-daniel-sumrok-2-1-1024×657.jpeg He says: Addiction shouldn’t be called “addiction”. It should be called “ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking”. He says: Ritualized compulsive comfort-seeking (what traditionalists call addiction) is a normal response to the adversity experienced in childhood, just like […]
Dr K. K Aggarwal, President of the Indian Medical Association ( IMA)
Dr K. K Aggarwal, President of the Indian Medical Association ( IMA), spoke to Healthpost about a host of issues : the deteriorating doctor-patient relationship, generic drugs, Clinical Establishment Act of West Bengal, etc. Excerpts: How do you think has doctor- patient relationship changed? The smart phone era has brought about a paradigm shift […]
India Needs Punishment Policy For Illegally Sold Medicines
Dr. Dewat Nakipuria Professor Of GI Surgery And Gastro Enterology, International Expert For HIV ,Hepatitis & Colitis Management Selling or marketing spurious medicine is a black market industry of thousand crores in our country. So many medicines are sold openly in the market over the counter without prescription of doctors. Not only this, such medicines […]
The Scariest Thing You Don’t Know About Generic Drugs
The Scariest Thing You Don’t Know About Generic DrugsBY DAVID EIFRIG POSTED APRIL 24, 2014 The Scariest Thing You Don’t Know About Generic Drugs Karen Bartlett spent months recovering in the hospital after losing two-thirds of her skin and needing a medically induced coma. She is now legally blind and has trouble […]
Fact or Fiction: Generic Drugs Are Bad for You
Credit: ©iStockphoto.com As we cope with the economic recession, we’ve all had to make concessions. It’s been “good-bye” to European vacations, organic milk and magazine subscriptions. But there are those things we can’t give up without risking serious illness or death, one of which is prescription medication. In 2004 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]
Parkinson’s could start in the gut
Scientists have found more new evidence that Parkinson’s could start in the gut before spreading to the brain, observing lower rates of the disease in patients who had undergone a procedure called a truncal vagotomy. The operation removes sections of the vagus nerve – which links the digestive tract with the brain – and over […]
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