Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_10_23
Dwaiti Roy, Ashvin Varadharajan, Neha Joe, Shubham Jain, Albert Sunny, T. Issac
Dementia is a quantifiable decline in cognitive functions. The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are developed along with cognitive decline in patients with dementia. Pharmacological treatment of BPSD can have various side effects, so non-pharmacological measures of treatment for BPSD are advisable. One such non-pharmacological mode of treatment is Snoezelen, also called multisensory therapy. Here, participants basically interact with different kinds of stimuli that involve stimulation of different primary senses such as vision, hearing, tactile, or olfactory. In this viewpoint article, the studies regarding the impact of Snoezelen in patients of dementia are being briefly discussed.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_23_23
Harkishan Mamtani, Kshiteeja Jain, S. Ganjekar, M. Netravathi, G. Desai
Among the numerous neuropsychiatric manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), depression is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities. Depression has been associated with poor quality of life, aggravation of symptoms of MS, and poor adherence to treatment in MS. Diagnosing and managing depression in MS can be challenging. Psychiatrists, neurologists, and other allied professionals need to collaborate to manage depression effectively. There is a need for greater awareness and vigilance for depression in this vulnerable population. We present a case of MS with recurrent depressive disorder and subsequently discuss the literature relating to depression in MS.
{"title":"Depression in multiple sclerosis: Clinical case review and grand rounds","authors":"Harkishan Mamtani, Kshiteeja Jain, S. Ganjekar, M. Netravathi, G. Desai","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_23_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_23_23","url":null,"abstract":"Among the numerous neuropsychiatric manifestations of multiple sclerosis (MS), depression is one of the most common psychiatric comorbidities. Depression has been associated with poor quality of life, aggravation of symptoms of MS, and poor adherence to treatment in MS. Diagnosing and managing depression in MS can be challenging. Psychiatrists, neurologists, and other allied professionals need to collaborate to manage depression effectively. There is a need for greater awareness and vigilance for depression in this vulnerable population. We present a case of MS with recurrent depressive disorder and subsequently discuss the literature relating to depression in MS.","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124320268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_30_23
V. Harbishettar
{"title":"Confusion over prescribing antipsychotics in acute confusion","authors":"V. Harbishettar","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_30_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_30_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128700583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_1_23
G. Sandhya, T. Issac
{"title":"“Thalaikoothal” – A less-known practice of senicide in rural India","authors":"G. Sandhya, T. Issac","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_1_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_1_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125067207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_5_23
Prakriti Pokharel, A. Roldán, R. Giridhar
{"title":"Psychotropic medication in pregnancy – An unexpected outcome","authors":"Prakriti Pokharel, A. Roldán, R. Giridhar","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_5_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_5_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129447014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_59_22
Prasanna Kancharlapalli, R. Donthu, A. Mohammed, R. Pasam
{"title":"Disulfiram-like reaction with cefixime","authors":"Prasanna Kancharlapalli, R. Donthu, A. Mohammed, R. Pasam","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_59_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_59_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115494813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intermittent explosive disorder in an adolescent treated successfully with a combination of oxcarbazepine and a high dose of sertraline – Case report and review on the management of intermittent explosive disorder","authors":"Rashmi Vishwanath, A. Kamath, Savitha Soman, Anil Kumar Mysore Nagaraj, Hayash Teenoth","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_49_22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_49_22","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"7 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116740825","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_8_23
Keya Das, S. Ashwini, B. Srujan
Introduction: Empathy anchors the doctor–patient relationship, making the interaction therapeutic in itself. The concept of empathy, although considered an essential ingredient in the make-up of a physician, remains an unmeasured, untaught entity. Very often, it is considered an inherent trait, with arguments as to whether it can be evoked by training. Past literature speaks of the erosion of empathy with progression in medical school years. Our study aimed to evaluate and compare empathy in 1st year medical undergraduates with final-year medical undergraduates. Methods: A study with cross-sectional, observational design, having enrolled 266 undergraduate medical students from 1st-year medical undergraduates and final-year medical undergraduates, was conducted. Candidates were selected purposively for the study after receiving consent. A semi-structured questionnaire followed by Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale, a valid and reliable tool, was used for data collection. Results: First-year medical undergraduates students showed a significant correlation between increased age and decreased empathy, which was not evidenced in final-year medical undergraduates students. Both first and final-year medical undergraduates students showed significant associations between higher empathy scores and self-interest to take up medical undergraduates. Gender, socioeconomic status, residence, and year of medical undergraduates course were not found to have a significant association with empathy scores. Conclusion: Empathy was found to decline with age. A significant correlation was found between one's own desire to take up medical undergraduates course as a career and empathy.
{"title":"A comparative assessment of empathy in medical undergraduates: First-year medical undergraduates versus final-year medical undergraduates in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India","authors":"Keya Das, S. Ashwini, B. Srujan","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_8_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_8_23","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Empathy anchors the doctor–patient relationship, making the interaction therapeutic in itself. The concept of empathy, although considered an essential ingredient in the make-up of a physician, remains an unmeasured, untaught entity. Very often, it is considered an inherent trait, with arguments as to whether it can be evoked by training. Past literature speaks of the erosion of empathy with progression in medical school years. Our study aimed to evaluate and compare empathy in 1st year medical undergraduates with final-year medical undergraduates. Methods: A study with cross-sectional, observational design, having enrolled 266 undergraduate medical students from 1st-year medical undergraduates and final-year medical undergraduates, was conducted. Candidates were selected purposively for the study after receiving consent. A semi-structured questionnaire followed by Multidimensional Emotional Empathy Scale, a valid and reliable tool, was used for data collection. Results: First-year medical undergraduates students showed a significant correlation between increased age and decreased empathy, which was not evidenced in final-year medical undergraduates students. Both first and final-year medical undergraduates students showed significant associations between higher empathy scores and self-interest to take up medical undergraduates. Gender, socioeconomic status, residence, and year of medical undergraduates course were not found to have a significant association with empathy scores. Conclusion: Empathy was found to decline with age. A significant correlation was found between one's own desire to take up medical undergraduates course as a career and empathy.","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132328678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_6_23
N. Pai, Shae-Leigh Vella
{"title":"The ongoing challenges in psychiatric epidemiology and the prevalence of mental illness in India and Australia","authors":"N. Pai, Shae-Leigh Vella","doi":"10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_6_23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4103/jopsys.jopsys_6_23","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262035,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Psychiatry Spectrum","volume":"11 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114122179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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