Stressful life events and severity of alcohol consumption in male psychiatric inpatients.

Aim: To assess the levels of alcohol consumption and the level of stress faced by male patients hospitalized with psychiatric disorders in a military hospital.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 100 consecutive patients admitted to a tertiary care psychiatric center and 100 controls. The patients with psychiatric ailments were first stabilized mentally and physically and then assessed.

Musical obsessions.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common psychiatric illness. A case of OCD is presented, in which the chief symptom was recurrent imagery of musical sounds of different instruments experienced by the person. Patient was a musician who played various musical instruments.

A case of intermittent explosive disorder.

A case of impulse control disorder was observed and managed. In this case, the serving soldier of the Indian army presented with explosive outbursts of extreme violence and anger, which was not clearly directed. Following this act of aggression, he would experience a sense of gratification and relief.

A study of the effects of LY2216684, a selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, in the treatment of major depression.

The current study sought to test the efficacy and safety of the novel selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor LY2216684 compared to placebo in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Escitalopram was used as a control for assay sensitivity. Adult outpatients with MDD, confirmed at screening by the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, a Self-Rated Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-SR) score of at least 12 and a Clinical Global Impression-Severity Score of at least 4, were randomly assigned to LY2216684 (N=269), placebo (N=138), or escitalopram (N=62).