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October 2024

Modern Parenthood through the Eyes of a Psychiatrist

Manoj Bhatawdekar /

Abstract Child Psychiatry has always described disorders of childhood. Parents form an important dimension of Child Psychiatry since they present the child’s behaviour before the therapist. Modern life is full of increasing competition among children, thereby increasing stress among children as well as parents. Modern parents are overly aware, concerned and anxious about their children’s […]

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Support System for Mental Health Professionals

Ajit Dandekar /

Abstract This paper talks of support systems for mental health professionals wherein the Bombay Psychiatric Society (BPS) should devote some meetings exclusively to problems pertaining to the profession, e.g., long and odd working hours leading to potentially hazardous practice schedules, unhealthy competitive attitudes and culture. A crash course in self-defence against potentially psychotic patients and

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Consciousness

Ganesh Singh /

I set aboutIn search of consciousness.To define,To delineate,Whole of it.Looking inside eachGyri and sulci.I searched the white,I searched the grey,And all that matter.When I abandoned the search,‘It’ seeped in.Like they rightly sayWhen you look deep insideConsciousness,Consciousness,Looks deep inside you. About the Author Ganesh Singh is working as a senior resident orthopaedic surgeon in the department

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In India, Psychiatry Has Come a Long Way

Rajesh Parikh /

Abstract This Presidential Address of the Bombay Psychiatry Society covers the state of psychiatry in India in 1997. It posits that with the advent of newer brain imaging technologies in India such as computerised tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, single photon emission computerised tomography and brain electrical activity mapping, an era of evidence-based psychiatry in India

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From Here and Now to Infinity and Eternity: A Message to New Medical Doctors*

José Florencio F. Lapeña, Jr. /

Abstract Commencement means both an end and a beginning; the end of the academic year and the beginning of the rest of your life as new physicians. For such a beginning, it is useful to view it in retrospect, from the point of view of the end, by conducting a pre-mortem on your life. Taking

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Doctor-Patient Relationship in Psychiatry

Paresh D Lakdawala /

Abstract The paper discusses the issue of doctor-patient relationship in view of a changing world with special emphasis on mental health professionals. It takes into account transference and counter-transference issues in doctor-patient relationships. It deals with issues pertaining to consent and liabilities, confidentiality and patient protection. Role of a psychiatrist as a leader in the

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Jaina Religion and Psychiatry

Manilal Gada /

Abstract Jaina religion has existed for thousands of years. Lord Mahavir was the last of the 24 Tirthankaras, 23 having preceded him. The principals of Jaina religion teach us: (1) Self-control, which includes: (a) Control over physiological instinct of hunger and sex; (b) control over desires; (c) control over emotions; (2) meditation; (3) introspection; (4)

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