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Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2021
Context: Varying attitude exists regarding psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental ill... more Context: Varying attitude exists regarding psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness among different groups of people. Attitudes are in more of a negative domain when we look from the laypersons' perspective. The study explores medical graduate attitudes in these domains. Aims: The aim was to study the attitudes toward psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness among medical undergraduates. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was done in a private medical college in India. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted on medical undergraduate students of a medical college in India. They were asked to fill study forms, which were designed to obtain sociodemographic details and included questionnaires to measure attitudes toward psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. Statistical Analysis Used: The completed forms were subjected to analysis by statistical software SPSS v18. Results: The sample included 596 medical un...
Archives of Mental Health, 2021
Carbamazepine has been well documented to be associated with Steven–Johnson Syndrome (SJS). The n... more Carbamazepine has been well documented to be associated with Steven–Johnson Syndrome (SJS). The newer anti-epileptic oxcarbazepine has not been demonstrated to be associated with this rare side effect except in some case reports. We present a case of SJS caused due to use of oxcarbazepine in a patient of schizophrenia.
Archives of Mental Health, 2021
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2021
BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor a... more BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor attitude towards mental illness and those with mental illness is well known. Similarly, there also exists poor opinions about psychiatrists and psychiatric medications among people. Non psychiatric doctors act as a bridge between the psychiatrists and mentally ill people. This study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. METHODS The study design was cross sectional, conducted in a town of Andhra Pradesh. A structured proforma was used to capture the sociodemographic details and to measure attitudes towards psychiatrists and psychiatric medications. We used a questionnaire used by Zieger et al. Similarly, to measure the attitudes towards mental illness, belief towards mental illness (BTMI) used by Hirai and Clum was used. The data was analysed using R language, and results obtained were tabulate...
Introduction : Norfloxacin belongs to 4-fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics. It is active agains... more Introduction : Norfloxacin belongs to 4-fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics. It is active against gram positive and gram negative organisms. Rarely, hallucinations, delirium, and seizures have occurred. In the past, few cases have been reported with hallucination as rare side effect after norfloxacin was given. Materials and Methods: Naranjo algorithm for adverse drug reaction casualty assessment gave a score of 5, suggesting that the adverse drug reaction was probably related to the administration of norfloxacin. Conclusion: This is a rare case report of norfloxacin-induced hallucinations. When we looked at the literature, there is limited literature on this and we propose that more observation and research may be required in this direction while treating patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. A close watch might help us to find out if there is any association between alcohol withdrawal and drug-induced hallucinosis.
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare
BACKGROUND COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by Coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic by WHO i... more BACKGROUND COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by Coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. To reduce the impact of the disease lockdown was imposed by various governments. This has a psychological impact on various groups of people. Schoolteachers are no less affected. There is scarcity in our understanding of the psychological impact among schoolteachers. This study is an attempt to understand the psychological impact among schoolteachers. We wanted to study the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schoolteachers. METHODS The study was a cross-sectional one and conducted using online Google forms. A total of seventy-nine schoolteachers were included in the study analysis. The data were analysed using R language; nonparametric tests like Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used. The data obtained were tabulated and discussed. RESULTS Nearly half the sample belongs to 46 to 55 years, males constitute 57 %, majority of the participants were marr...
BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor a... more BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor attitude towards mental illness and those with mental illness is well known. Similarly, there also exists poor opinions about psychiatrists and psychiatric medications among people. Non psychiatric doctors act as a bridge between the psychiatrists and mentally ill people. This study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. METHODS The study design was cross sectional, conducted in a town of Andhra Pradesh. A structured proforma was used to capture the sociodemographic details and to measure attitudes towards psychiatrists and psychiatric medications. We used a questionnaire used by Zieger et al. Similarly, to measure the attitudes towards mental illness, belief towards mental illness (BTMI) used by Hirai and Clum was used. The data was analysed using R language, and results obtained were tabulated and discussed. Data was analysed using non parametric tests. RESULTS There were no significant negative attitudes of non-psychiatrists towards psychiatrists and mental illness. But we found significant negative attitudes expressed by medical specialists (P = 0.035) and those in academic settings (P = 0.020) towards psychiatric medications. On comparing the other demographic details there were no significant negative attitudes towards psychiatric medications. CONCLUSIONS Previous studies have found negative attitudes among non-psychiatrists towards psychiatry, psychiatrists and mental illness. But our study found that there are positive attitudes expressed by non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists and mental illness which is a good sign. We believe this is a changing trend towards positive side when compared to past studies. Future studies should be longitudinal and to keep in focus the new curriculum changes.
Terrorism is an age-old phenomenon. Mankind has witnessed acts of terrorism in some form or the o... more Terrorism is an age-old phenomenon. Mankind has witnessed acts of terrorism in some form or the other
throughout history. But the ferocity of the 9/11 events in USA has totally changed the worlds’ understanding
of the word ‘terrorism’. The day to day increase in the terrorist acts all over the world, made terrorism a global
problem threatening the very existence of human race. Obviously lots of time and energies are being spent
to counter and control this monster. Modern research, unlike the earlier studies that have focussed more on
the political roots of terrorism, dwells on the psychological underpinnings of this menace. Present review is an
attempt to briefly summarise the available information on terrorism and the related matters
Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2021
Context: Varying attitude exists regarding psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental ill... more Context: Varying attitude exists regarding psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness among different groups of people. Attitudes are in more of a negative domain when we look from the laypersons' perspective. The study explores medical graduate attitudes in these domains. Aims: The aim was to study the attitudes toward psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness among medical undergraduates. Settings and Design: This cross-sectional study was done in a private medical college in India. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted on medical undergraduate students of a medical college in India. They were asked to fill study forms, which were designed to obtain sociodemographic details and included questionnaires to measure attitudes toward psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. Statistical Analysis Used: The completed forms were subjected to analysis by statistical software SPSS v18. Results: The sample included 596 medical un...
Archives of Mental Health, 2021
Carbamazepine has been well documented to be associated with Steven–Johnson Syndrome (SJS). The n... more Carbamazepine has been well documented to be associated with Steven–Johnson Syndrome (SJS). The newer anti-epileptic oxcarbazepine has not been demonstrated to be associated with this rare side effect except in some case reports. We present a case of SJS caused due to use of oxcarbazepine in a patient of schizophrenia.
Archives of Mental Health, 2021
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare, 2021
BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor a... more BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor attitude towards mental illness and those with mental illness is well known. Similarly, there also exists poor opinions about psychiatrists and psychiatric medications among people. Non psychiatric doctors act as a bridge between the psychiatrists and mentally ill people. This study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. METHODS The study design was cross sectional, conducted in a town of Andhra Pradesh. A structured proforma was used to capture the sociodemographic details and to measure attitudes towards psychiatrists and psychiatric medications. We used a questionnaire used by Zieger et al. Similarly, to measure the attitudes towards mental illness, belief towards mental illness (BTMI) used by Hirai and Clum was used. The data was analysed using R language, and results obtained were tabulate...
Introduction : Norfloxacin belongs to 4-fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics. It is active agains... more Introduction : Norfloxacin belongs to 4-fluoroquinolone group of antibiotics. It is active against gram positive and gram negative organisms. Rarely, hallucinations, delirium, and seizures have occurred. In the past, few cases have been reported with hallucination as rare side effect after norfloxacin was given. Materials and Methods: Naranjo algorithm for adverse drug reaction casualty assessment gave a score of 5, suggesting that the adverse drug reaction was probably related to the administration of norfloxacin. Conclusion: This is a rare case report of norfloxacin-induced hallucinations. When we looked at the literature, there is limited literature on this and we propose that more observation and research may be required in this direction while treating patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. A close watch might help us to find out if there is any association between alcohol withdrawal and drug-induced hallucinosis.
Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare
BACKGROUND COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by Coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic by WHO i... more BACKGROUND COVID-19 is a novel disease caused by Coronavirus. It was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. To reduce the impact of the disease lockdown was imposed by various governments. This has a psychological impact on various groups of people. Schoolteachers are no less affected. There is scarcity in our understanding of the psychological impact among schoolteachers. This study is an attempt to understand the psychological impact among schoolteachers. We wanted to study the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schoolteachers. METHODS The study was a cross-sectional one and conducted using online Google forms. A total of seventy-nine schoolteachers were included in the study analysis. The data were analysed using R language; nonparametric tests like Mann Whitney U and Kruskal Wallis test were used. The data obtained were tabulated and discussed. RESULTS Nearly half the sample belongs to 46 to 55 years, males constitute 57 %, majority of the participants were marr...
BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor a... more BACKGROUND Mental and behavioural disorders are prevalent in all societies. The stigma and poor attitude towards mental illness and those with mental illness is well known. Similarly, there also exists poor opinions about psychiatrists and psychiatric medications among people. Non psychiatric doctors act as a bridge between the psychiatrists and mentally ill people. This study was conducted to evaluate the attitudes of non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists, psychiatric medications, and mental illness. METHODS The study design was cross sectional, conducted in a town of Andhra Pradesh. A structured proforma was used to capture the sociodemographic details and to measure attitudes towards psychiatrists and psychiatric medications. We used a questionnaire used by Zieger et al. Similarly, to measure the attitudes towards mental illness, belief towards mental illness (BTMI) used by Hirai and Clum was used. The data was analysed using R language, and results obtained were tabulated and discussed. Data was analysed using non parametric tests. RESULTS There were no significant negative attitudes of non-psychiatrists towards psychiatrists and mental illness. But we found significant negative attitudes expressed by medical specialists (P = 0.035) and those in academic settings (P = 0.020) towards psychiatric medications. On comparing the other demographic details there were no significant negative attitudes towards psychiatric medications. CONCLUSIONS Previous studies have found negative attitudes among non-psychiatrists towards psychiatry, psychiatrists and mental illness. But our study found that there are positive attitudes expressed by non-psychiatric doctors towards psychiatrists and mental illness which is a good sign. We believe this is a changing trend towards positive side when compared to past studies. Future studies should be longitudinal and to keep in focus the new curriculum changes.
Terrorism is an age-old phenomenon. Mankind has witnessed acts of terrorism in some form or the o... more Terrorism is an age-old phenomenon. Mankind has witnessed acts of terrorism in some form or the other
throughout history. But the ferocity of the 9/11 events in USA has totally changed the worlds’ understanding
of the word ‘terrorism’. The day to day increase in the terrorist acts all over the world, made terrorism a global
problem threatening the very existence of human race. Obviously lots of time and energies are being spent
to counter and control this monster. Modern research, unlike the earlier studies that have focussed more on
the political roots of terrorism, dwells on the psychological underpinnings of this menace. Present review is an
attempt to briefly summarise the available information on terrorism and the related matters