Stress, anxiety, depression, and resilience in cancer patients on radiotherapy.

Background: The diagnosis of cancer may cause extreme disruption in the life of an individual because in the minds of most people the disease is associated with extreme pain, suffering, and death.

Aim: This study aimed to assess stress, anxiety, depression, and resilience among cancer patients undergoing treatment with radiotherapy.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive cancer patients taking radiotherapy treatment from a tertiary care hospital were included in the study with their written informed consent.

Trichotillomania in childhood: A case series.

Trichotillomania is a psychodermatological disorder characterized by an uncontrollable urge to pull one's own hair. It is often associated with depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder. We report five cases, a young male and four females, who presented with an increased desire to pluck out their hair, leading to large patches of baldness.

Correlates of excessive Pokemon Go playing among medical students.

Background: A new virus "Pokémon GO" is infecting at an exponential rate. The symptoms include swaying your cell phone in air and focusing in blankness, straying into the unknown in search "Pikachu". In the "Pokedemiological" triad, the host is a medical student, agent is Pokémon GO, and the environment is a chaos of childhood fantasies and peer pressure turning into a vicious cycle of addiction, stress, anxiety, and depression.