Prevalence and Pattern of Phantom Ringing and Phantom Vibration among Medical Interns and their Relationship with Smartphone Use and Perceived Stress.

Background: Phantom sensations like phantom vibration (PV) and phantom ringing (PR)- the sensations of vibration and ringing of the phone when they are not, respectively-are among the latest in the category of "techno-pathology" to receive global attention. This study was conducted with the aim to estimate the prevalence of such sensations among medical interns and their association with perceived stress levels and smartphone usage pattern.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-three medical interns using smartphone were recruited for the study.

Add-on Aripiprazole for Atypical Antipsychotic-induced, Clinically Significant Hyperprolactinemia.

Background: Antipsychotic treatment-induced hyperprolactinemia is a highly distressing and disabling side effect for patients. The use of add-on aripiprazole has been identified as a possible treatment strategy in this situation. However, data on prolactin changes with add-on aripiprazole in a real-world naturalistic clinical setting from India are sparse.

Pattern of prescription, dispensation and administration of disulfiram among patients with alcohol use disorder attending a general hospital psychiatry unit in rural India.

Introduction: Disulfiram was the first medication approved to treat alcohol dependence and has been found to be safe and efficacious. This cross sectional, observational, qualitative study was conducted with the aim to assess the pattern of dispensation of disulfiram among patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD).

Material And Methods: Data was collected using a customized questionnaire consisting of 32 questions regarding socio-demographic characteristics, psychiatric history, pattern of dispensation of disulfiram/disulfiram-like product (DLP) and related knowledge.

Aripiprazole-induced priapism.

Priapism is a urologic emergency representing a true disorder of penile erection that persists beyond or is unrelated to sexual interest or stimulation. A variety of psychotropic drugs are known to produce priapism, albeit rarely, through their antagonistic action on alpha-1 adrenergic receptors. We report such a case of priapism induced by a single oral dose of 10 mg aripiprazole, a drug with the least affinity to adrenergic receptors among all atypical antipsychotics.

A rare case of alektorophobia treated successfully with graded exposure therapy.

Phobia is a type of anxiety disorder characterized by circumscribed, marked fear or anxiety to a specific object or situation which is out of proportion to the actual danger posed by the concerned object or situation. Worldwide, the prevalence of specific phobia has been found to be 16% in 13-17 years olds. In India, specific phobia has been identified as one of the most common disorders in the school-going age group, with the prevalence of approximately 4.

Psychiatric aspects of toxoplasmosis: an Indian perspective.

is one of the well-studied parasites because of its medical and veterinary importance, and its suitability as a model for cell biology and molecular studies. Latent toxoplasmosis in an immunocompetent host was considered benign until recently. The importance of this parasite has been steadily rising in the field of psychiatry and neurology as it has been implicated in numerous neuropsychiatric disorders.

Psychiatric aspects of phosphodiesterases: An overview.

Phosphodiesterases (PDE) are exciting new targets in medical sciences. These enzymes are some of the key mediators of cellular functions in the body and hence are attractive sites for drug-induced modulations. With the finding that Tofisopam, a new anxiolytic, inhibits PDEs, the authors were inspired to look into the role of PDE and drugs acting on them in psychiatry.

Bad trip due to anticholinergic effect of cannabis.

Cannabis in its various forms has been known since time immemorial, the use of which has been rising steadily in India. 'Bad trips' have been documented after cannabis use, manifestations ranging from vague anxiety and fear to profoundly disturbing states of terror and psychosis. Cannabis is known to affect various neurotransmitters, but 'bad trip' due to its anticholinergic effect has never been described in literature to the best of author's knowledge.