Efficacy of ayurveda medications, Brahmi vati and Saraswatarista, in generalized anxiety disorder- a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Ayurvedic intervention (Brahmi Vati with Saraswatarista) is explored for their possible role in management of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), a common psychiatric disorder.

Objective: The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of Brahmi Vati and Saraswatarista in GAD.

Methods: Study is a randomized controlled clinical trial.

Efficacy of tDCS on craving in patients of alcohol dependence syndrome: A single-blind, sham-controlled trial.

Background: Craving is attributed as one of the main reasons for relapse in alcohol dependence syndrome. Neurostimulation techniques targeting craving in substance use disorders are being researched. Neuroimaging has shown dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) as one of the potential targets responsible for craving, with frontal dysfunction being quintessential in alcohol use disorder.

Capacity to Consent for Treatment in Patients with Psychotic Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study from North Karnataka.

Background: Recently, the Mental Healthcare Act (MHCA) 2017 was introduced in India. Being a right-based act, it has made the assessment of the capacity to consent an integral part of clinical work. To the best of our knowledge, there are no Indian studies on this topic.

Neurocognitive Profile in Indian Individuals Genetically at Risk of Schizophrenia.

Background: Cognitive deficits have been noted in patients of schizophrenia in remission, as well as in first-degree relatives. This study aims to evaluate the neurocognitive performance in unaffected first-degree relatives of patients of schizophrenia in comparison with healthy controls, as well as patients of schizophrenia in remission.

Methods: It was a 1-year case-control study by purposive sampling.

How do Our Patients Respond to the Concept of Psychiatric Advance Directives? An Exploratory Study From India.

Background: Psychiatric advance directives have been incorporated in the Mental Health Care Act 2017 despite strong concerns about their feasibility and utility in the Indian patient population. Data on its utility in India is very scarce.

Aims: To determine the possible treatment options our clients make as a part of psychiatric advance directives.

Safe Administration of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patient with Ventricular Septal Defect Patch: A Rare Case Report.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for many psychiatric illnesses. Even in cardiac patients, it is a low-risk procedure as compared to chronic use of the medications with possible side effects. Although rare, cardiovascular events during ECT remain a principal cause of morbidity and mortality.

Psychological Dissection of Patients Having Dissociative Disorder: A Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Patients present with dissociative disorders as a decompensation to underlying stressful situation. It is clinically important to evaluate the presence, type, and temporal relation of the stressors resulting in dissociation. Further knowing the sociodemographic and psychological profile of the dissociative patient helps in better management.

Expressed emotions in patients with obsessive compulsive disorder: a case control study.

Background: Expressed emotion (EE) is the attitude that the relatives show towards the illness and the person. EE is identified as a direct factor in the relapse of patients with psychological disorders. Literature on EE in anxiety disorders is limited.

Rubinstein-taybi syndrome with psychosis.

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RTS) is a rare genetic disorder with characteristic physical anomalies. It is characterized by mental retardation, postnatal growth deficiency, microcephaly, specific facial characteristics, broad thumbs, and big toes. Behavioral problems are common with RTS; they include mental retardation, impulsivity, distractibility, instability of mood, stereotypes, poor coordination, atypical depression, and mania.

Clonazepam in the treatment of essential palatal tremors.

Essential Palatal tremor (EPT) is a rare disorder presenting as unilateral or bilateral rhythmic involuntary movements of the soft palate. There is mention of the utility of benzodiazepines like clonazepam probably because of their gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) agonistic property. But no reports are available for the same.

Psychosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Neuropsychiatric manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common; however, psychosis per se is bit uncommon. They may be cognitive deficit, lupus headache, psychoses, seizures, peripheral neuropathy, and cerebrovascular events. Psychiatric symptoms in SLE can be functionally independent psychiatric disorders.

A Cross-sectional Descriptive Study of Prevalence and Nature of Psychiatric Referrals from Intensive Care Units in a Multispecialty Hospital.

Context: The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity in general hospital range from 20% to 60%. Presence of psychiatric morbidity compounds the disability and suffering in medical patients. There is a limited literature on the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in patients admitted in the intensive care units (ICUs).