Healthcare personnel who deal with COVID-19 experience stigma. There is a lack of national-level representative qualitative data to study COVID-19-related stigma among healthcare workers in India. The present study explores factors associated with stigma and manifestations experienced by Indian healthcare workers involved in COVID-19 management.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Psychiatric disorders are chronic in nature which require medications for a long duration. These medications have been associated with many adverse events. Failure to recognize an adverse drug reaction (ADR) exposes the patient to continuing risk of ADR, leading to a significant impact on patient's quality of life.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a one-of-its-kind pandemic due to its high infectivity and mortality rate. Prolonged lockdown periods imposed during the pandemic saved many lives but, on the other hand, had a huge psychological and clinical impact on patients suffering from chronic medical illnesses. Aims This study aimed to find the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on patients with previously diagnosed fibromyalgia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground COVID-19 has become a public health emergency caused by a negative-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus, which previously caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). In addition, the pandemic led to an array of social, financial, psychological, and psychiatric issues. Methods An observational study was performed with consecutive sampling and included patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and admitted to the hospital.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: COVID-19 has inundated the entire world disrupting the lives of millions of people. The pandemic has stressed the healthcare system of India impacting the psychological status and functioning of health care workers. The aim of this study is to determine the burnout levels and factors associated with the risk of psychological distress among healthcare workers (HCW) engaged in the management of COVID 19 in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Objectives: The healthcare system across the world has been overburdened due to the COVID-19 pandemic impacting healthcare workers (HCWs) in different ways. The present study provides an insight into the psychosocial challenges faced by the HCWs related to their work, family and personal well-being and the associated stigmas. Additionally, the coping mechanisms adopted by them and their perceptions on the interventions to address these challenges were also explored.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Amidst corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, disruption to the usual ways of life can lead to anxiety and feeling of being unsafe, which may be associated with self-medication. The study was planned to investigate the prevalence of anxiety and self-medication during COVID-19 pandemic.
Materials And Methods: In this cross-sectional study, data were collected through an anonymous online survey with questionnaire consisting of four sections: demographic data of the participants, validated COVID-19 Anxiety Inventory Items, Self-rating Anxiety Scale, and self-medication practices during COVID-19 pandemic.
Context Since its inception in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the etiological agent for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is spreading rapidly both locally and internationally, and became certified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020. Working in an environment of high risk, coupled with adherence to quarantine and stressors related to the job, has been found to exacerbate the psychological health of frontline healthcare workers. Aims To assess the perceived stressors, combat strategies, and motivating factors among health care service providers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective Our study aimed to assess the mental health outcomes and coping strategies among healthcare workers (HCWs) in an already over-burdened maternity ward and labour room during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Methods This cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted using Google Forms (Google LLC, Mountain View, CA), which included demographic characteristics, perceived stressors, and validated scales: the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21), Insomnia Severity Index, and the Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE) scale. The results were evaluated and compared among COVID-19 caregivers and other HCWs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground & Objectives: Comprehension and process of consent are important for persons with mental illness as they may not be impaired in considering research participation. The American Psychiatric Association developed a detailed Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI). The present study was a part of field testing of CFI, aimed to standardize cultural information affecting the patients' management in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFrontal meningioma may present solely withpsychological symptoms that resemble dementia. We present the case of a 42-year-old man who initially was thought to have dementia, but he was eventually diagnosed with dementia caused by a sphenoid wing meningioma. Diagnosis of this illness is often delayed due to the insidious nature of the symptoms, which may be mistaken as symptoms of dementia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOligodendrogliomas may present with a variety of psychological symptoms but it only rarely presents with mania. The patient described in this case report is a 55-year-old man with a three year history of progressive mania who was initially diagnosed as chronic mania but a subsequent MRI identified a brain tumor. This report highlights the importance of considering differential organic diagnosis when patients present with atypical presentations of psychiatric disorders.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The growing burden of chronic often untreated mental illness has increased the importance of risk assessment in people suffering from major mental disorders.
Aims: The present study was undertaken to obtain prevalence of various risks and predictive factors for self-harm, violence and various other risks among randomly recruited schizophrenia subjects (N=270) on the basis of past history of their disorder.
Method: Using a rigorous translation, back translation and acceptability process, a specially constructed semi-structured assessment interview, based on a prior NHS Trust risk assessment interview along with the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS), detailed information was obtained for various risks.