Cognitive behavior therapy in medication non-responders with obsessive-compulsive disorder: a prospective 1-year follow-up study.

Evidence of efficacy of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) non-responsive to multiple trials of serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRI) is limited. We examined the efficacy of CBT in 31 adult patients with DSM-IV OCD who were non-responders to at least two SRI trials. They received 20-25 sessions of CBT over 3-month duration.

Is familial obsessive-compulsive disorder different from sporadic obsessive-compulsive disorder? A comparison of clinical characteristics, comorbidity and treatment response.

Background: Familial and sporadic subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have been proposed, but have not been well studied. The aim of the study was to compare the clinical characteristics, comorbidity and treatment response of familial OCD with sporadic OCD.

Sampling And Methods: We reviewed the clinical records of 84 familial OCD patients and 80 randomly selected sporadic OCD patients from a specialty OCD clinic in India.

[Adolescent onset obsessive compulsive disorder presented as dissociative disorders: role of drug assisted interview].

Paediatric Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is still under-diagnosed, despite significant advances made in identifying obsessive-compulsive symptoms. The authors report a case of adolescent-onset OCD presenting as a mixed dissociative disorder. The drug assisted interview provided a breakthrough in revising the correct diagnosis of the clinical condition.

Response rate of lorazepam in catatonia: a developing country's perspective.

Background: Catatonia is a syndrome characterized by concurrent motor, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. Short-term benzodiazepine administration and electroconvulsive therapy have proven to be safe and useful for treatment of this syndrome.

Aims: This study aimed to explore the evidence of effectiveness of lorazepam as a first line treatment for catatonia in a tertiary psychiatry centre in India given the lack of facilities for ECT in primary care centers of developing countries.

Delusional procreation syndrome: A psychopathology in procreation of human beings.

The content of delusions in delusional syndrome has fascinated psychiatrists from antiquity. Delusions are classified on different principles such as, degree of inexplicability, subverted mental function, degree of independent nosological status, and on thematic content (traditional and logical). Delusions in sequence of procreation in three cases of schizophrenia along related delusions in published literatures are described under the broad rubric of term "delusional procreational syndrome" (DPS) (in the model of delusional misidentification syndrome), based on "logical thematic content" in the sequential phases of procreation.

Long-term follow-up study of patients with serotonin reuptake inhibitor-nonresponsive obsessive-compulsive disorder.

There is a paucity of data on the long-term outcome of serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI)-nonresponsive obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). We report long-term outcome of OCD in subjects who had not responded to at least 2 adequate trials of SRIs. This is a naturalistic follow-up of 36 (72%) of 50 SRI nonresponders with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition OCD, after about 4.

Indian Psychiatric epidemiological studies: Learning from the past.

The objective of this paper is to provide a systematic review on the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in India based on the data published from 1960 to 2009. Extensive search of PubMed, NeuroMed, Indian Journal of Psychiatry website and MEDLARS using search terms "psychiatry" "prevalence", "community", and "epidemiology" was done along with the manual search of journals and cross-references. Retrieved articles were systematically selected using specific inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Cytology of a sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with unusual coexpression of S-100 protein: a case report, review of the literature and cytologic-histologic correlation.

Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma (SRCC) is an aggressive variant of renal cell carcinoma; it is an uncommon, malignant neoplasm, and its diagnosis is usually based on the histologic evaluation of a nephrectomy specimen. Patients are treated with systemic therapy and, generally, a nephrectomy is not performed. Therefore, arriving at an accurate diagnosis is critical for planning further management.

Psychosocial responses to disaster: An Asian perspective.

The psychological and psychiatric impact of great natural disasters are beginning to be understood leading to new methods of prevention, intervention and mitigation. There is limited data from the Asian continent, however, which has been the location of some of the greatest disasters of recent times. In this paper, we outline the psychosocial intervention efforts from nine Asian nations when confronted with large-scale natural catastrophic events.

Comparative study of psychiatric morbidity among the displaced and non-displaced populations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands following the tsunami.

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the psychiatric morbidity between the displaced and non-displaced populations of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands during the first three months following the 2004 earthquake and tsunami.

Methods: The study was conducted at the 74 relief camps in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Port Blair had 12 camps, which provided shelter to 4,684 displaced survivors.

Family burden, quality of life and disability in obsessive compulsive disorder: an Indian perspective.

Background: Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disorder that often tends to run a chronic course. The lifetime prevalence of OCD is around 1-3%, which is twice as prevalent as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Aim: To asses the family burden, quality of life (QoL) and disability in patients suffering from at least moderately ill OCD and then to compare them with schizophrenia patients of comparable severity.

Anti-tubercular and anti-inflammatory activities of azetidin-2-one derivatives and their effects on the activity of Phospholipase A2.

The title compounds have been synthesized and tested for structure activity relationship for Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) [E.C. 3.

Psychological impact of the tsunami on children and adolescents from the andaman and nicobar islands.

Objective: The aim of this article is to present the assessment of the presentation of symptoms and psychiatric morbidity of children and adolescents from the Andaman and Nicobar islands during the first 3 months following the December 2004 earthquake and tsunami.

Method: According to predefined criteria, a primary survivor is one who was exposed directly to the earthquake and tsunami, a secondary survivor is one with close family and personal ties to primary survivors, and tertiary survivors are individuals from the communities beyond the impact area, a majority of which were exposed to the earthquake only. This study included 37 primary and secondary survivors (aged View Article and Find Full Text PDF