Study of attitude of interns toward psychiatry: A survey of a tertiary level hospital in Ahmedabad.

Background: Worldwide, multiple studies demonstrate a negative attitude of interns toward psychiatry. Scenario in Gujarat state has never been looked upon. The objective of this study is to identify the situation in this region by studying the attitude of interns toward various areas of psychiatry and to study the gender differences if any.

Adolescent male peer sexual abuse: an issue often neglected.

Traditionally, sexual abuse is under-reported and under-recognized when the victims are boys. A study carried out by the Government of India in 2007 suggests that every second child/adolescent in the country faces some form of sexual abuse and it is nearly equally prevalent in both sexes. The significance of the problem is undermined all the more when the abuse is perpetrated by a peer.

Alternative Psychosis - Is it a Defined Clinical Entity?

Following seizure control with antiepileptic drugs and normalization of electroencephalogram, behavioral problem may appear for the first time in an epileptic patient. This phenomenon has been termed 'alternative psychosis'. However, it remains poorly understood in absence of any definite diagnostic criteria, and there are no specific guidelines to treat the condition.

Portrayal of psychiatrists in Hindi movies released in the first decade of the 21st century.

Context: Of late, there has been an increase in the number of psychiatrists shown in Hindi movies. There is dearth of systematic research that focuses specifically upon the depiction of psychiatrists in Hindi cinema.

Aim: To explore the portrayal of psychiatrists in recent Hindi cinema.