Efficacy and safety of low-dose amisulpride versus olanzapine-fluoxetine combination in post-schizophrenic depression: A randomized controlled trial.

Post-schizophrenic depression (PSD) increases the morbidity, mortality, and health burden in patients with schizophrenia. However, treatment of PSD is challenging due to the lack of substantial evidence of standard clinical practice. This study was aimed at comparing the efficacy and safety of low-dose amisulpride versus olanzapine-fluoxetine combination (OFC) in PSD.

The Quality of Life of Older Adults in Rural Eastern India and Its Influencing Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Aims This study aimed to assess the quality of life (QoL) of older adults in rural Odisha, India, exploring its multidimensional nature across physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains. The impact of depression and various sociodemographic factors on QoL was also investigated. Methods The research was conducted in the Tangi block of Khordha district, Odisha, encompassing 468 older adults.

Geriatric depression: prevalence and its associated factors in rural Odisha.

The world's population is aging rapidly, and the epidemiological transition has led to increased mental disorders worldwide. Geriatric depression is masked by multiple comorbidities or the natural process of aging. Our study aims to estimate the prevalence of geriatric depression and find the risk factors associated with geriatric depression in rural Odisha.

COVID-19 Pandemic and the Provision for Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in India: A Template for Future Pandemics.

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has emerged as a major public health concern worldwide. While containing the infection and caring for the ill has been a focus over the last 2 years, there has also been a burgeoning concern for mental health issues during this never-ending pandemic. The focus of health care machinery prioritized confronting and containing the pandemic that had majorly side-lined other aspects of public health.

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on substance availability, accessibility, pricing, and quality: A multicenter study from India.

Background And Aim: Pandemic and consequent lockdowns are likely to affect the drug market by the sudden disruption of the supply chain. We explored the change in the availability, access, purity, and pricing during lockdown from respondents seeking treatment for drugs, alcohol, and tobacco dependence.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 404 respondents from seven treatment centers across India.

Psychiatric adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines: A rapid review of published case reports.

We aimed to review the available reports of psychiatric adverse reactions to COVID vaccines. Electronic databases such as PubMed and Google scholar were combed to identify relevant reports. We found a total of 11 reports describing 14 cases of psychiatric reactions; these were mostly altered mental states, psychosis, mania, depression, and functional neurological disorder.

A multicentric survey among patients with substance use disorders during the COVID-19 lockdown in India.

Background: The unprecedented first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted mental health services globally. However, the negative impact of such disruptions on people with substance use disorders (SUD) seeking treatment remains unclear. We aim to explore the behaviors adopted by these individuals to overcome the service disruptions.

Prevalence of diabetes distress and its relationship with self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Context: Diabetes distress (DD) in India has been studied mainly in the context of depression. Little is known about DD, its determinants, distribution, and its impact.

Aims: This study aims to estimate the prevalence of DD and identify its socio-demographic and clinical determinants in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Colossal Breed and Backlash of the 'Sesame Street': Brunt of COVID-19 Pandemic in the 'High-Tech' Era of Learning on Children and Adolescents and Suggestions.

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated the closure of various academic institutions, leaving online learning the only option for continuity of education and curricular activities among children and adolescents. It is unclear whether the adoption of online learning will persist in the post-pandemic period. However, enhanced exposure to gadgets impacts the socio-emotive-adaptive development of young children.

One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest: The Chronicles of Stigma and a Proposed Socio-Cognitive-Emotional-Behavioral Model for Understanding Its Genesis in COVID-19.

Stigma is a convoluted interaction between history, sociology, psychology, medicine, anthropology, and politics. Often, stigma is inter-twined at cognitive-emotional-behavioral level with a socio-cultural-economic-political milieu and hence distinct from prejudice, discrimination or, stereotypy. Stigma against diseases as a concept has evolved and has differed among various illnesses.

The Telepsychiatry Operational Guidelines 2020 in India: a welcome step.

The release of the Telepsychiatry Operational Guidelines 2020 in India, during the COVID-19 pandemic, is a relief for both clinicians and patients. These guidelines embark on initiating and executing naive and recently started telepsychiatry services in India. The document is aligned with other ethical regulations, policies, laws and the 2020 Telemedicine Practice Guidelines in India.

Parenting skills of patients with chronic schizophrenia.

Aim Of The Study: This study aims to evaluate the parenting skills of patients with schizophrenia as perceived by themselves and their children and compare the same with a matched healthy control group of parents and their children.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-one patients with schizophrenia and their 51 children were assessed on the Alabama Parenting Scale. A healthy control group of 51 parents and their children were also assessed for parenting.