Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Encephalitis: Case Series of Psychiatric Presentations.

Anti-NMDAR encephalitis is an autoimmune encephalitis with a typical clinical progression. Patients can often present to psychiatric outpatient departments (OPDs) mimicking psychiatric illnesses. In this case series, we have described two cases of adolescent age group that were eventually diagnosed with anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis.

Utilization of Emergency Psychiatry Service in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Eastern India: A Retrospective Study.

Background: In a developing country like India, with a lot of psychosocial stressors and ample stigma toward psychiatry, we studied the sociodemographic pattern of the patients coming to a tertiary care center for emergency psychiatry services and also evaluated the types and pattern of emergency services provided to them. We also assessed the predominant presenting complaints with which patients presented at the emergency department, "reasons for referral" in an emergency by other departments, and types of psychiatric diagnoses in the patients.

Subjects And Methods: Data were extracted retrospectively from the general emergency and psychiatry emergency register of Silchar Medical College and Hospital for 1 year and analyzed.