Publications by authors named "Virupaksha H S"
Introduction: Pregnancy exerts a detrimental effect on women's mental health. Maternal mental health is considered as one of the public health concerns as it impacts the health of both mother and the child. One in five people in developing countries experience serious mental health issues during pregnancy and after giving birth.
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- The study evaluated the feasibility of deprescribing benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z drugs that were being misused beyond their prescribed duration, highlighting the need to address undesirable effects.
- Conducted in Bangalore, India, 109 patients were followed for 7 months, with interventions led by pharmacists and psychiatrists, measuring quality of sleep (QoS) and medication costs pre- and post-deprescribing.
- Results indicated that 30.69% of participants successfully reduced or ceased their BZD use, leading to significantly improved QoS and cost savings, suggesting that deprescribing is both viable and beneficial.
A Case Report on Varenicline Induced Delirium in an Alcohol and Nicotine Dependent Patient.
Indian J Psychol Med
December 2015
Varenicline is a smoking cessation agent. Varenicline acts as a partial agonist of α4β2 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and prevents nicotine binding to the same. It also causes dopamine (DA) stimulation that decreases craving and symptoms of dependence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstimation of time since death is a paramount medico-legal issue in any postmortem examination. The present study is intended to study the correlation between postmortem interval and vitreous humor chemistry for sodium, potassium, and chlorides. The study is aimed to find male-female differences and differences between right and left eyes in vitreous chemistry.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Insula, which is a vital brain region for self-awareness, empathy, and sensory stimuli processing, is critically implicated in schizophrenia pathogenesis. Existing studies on insula volume abnormalities report inconsistent findings potentially due to the evaluation of 'antipsychotic-treated' schizophrenia patients as well as suboptimal methodology.
Aim: To understand the role of insula in schizophrenia.
Background: Guidelines regarding the combination of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) and ECT have been contradictory. Evidence based knowledge about the advantages and disadvantages of this combination is sparse.
Method: We studied the records of consecutive non-epileptic bipolar disorder patients referred for ECT between the months of January 2006 and January 2008 in an academic psychiatric hospital.