World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day is held on October 10’2022. The primary goal of World Mental HealthDay is to raise awareness and support for global mental health. Numerous factors of mentalhealth have been questioned and debated. Prior to COVID pandemic in 2019, it was...
What is Agoraphobia?

What is Agoraphobia?

Q. What is Agoraphobia?Ans – Agoraphobia is an Anxiety disorder. It refers to the fear of or anxiety regarding places from which escape might be difficult. Agoraphobia can develop with the presence or even absence of panic disorder. The most incapacitating of...

What is rTMS?

Q. What is  rTMS ? Ans – rTMS refers to Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an effective,  non-invasive and relatively painless technique which uses magnetic stimulation to stimulate areas of the...

rTMS kya hota hai?

rTMS ya repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation ek naya treatment method jisko depression, OCD aur kayi mansik bimaroyon ke treatment ke liye use kiya jaata hai. Depression ke kayi patients medicines aur counselling ke baad bhi theek nahi ho paate. Aise patients...
What is electroconvulsive therapy?

What is electroconvulsive therapy?

Electroconvulsive therapy, or shock therapy, is one of the ways of treatment of psychiatric disorders, in which electric currents are passed through the brain which lead to convulsions or fits. It’s a very old form of treatment. It is used in severe cases of...
What is electroconvulsive therapy?

Electroconvulsive therapy kya hota hai?

ECT ya electroconvulsive treatment ek mansik rogon ke ilaaj ka tareeka hai jisme kuch matra mein electricity brain mein paas ki jaati hai jisse patient ko daura (convulsions) hote hain. Ye illaj kafi purana hai aur depression, schizophrenia, catatonia jaise bimariyon...
तनाव और डिप्रेशन (अवसाद) के बीच क्या संबंध है? डॉक्टर प्रवीण त्रिपाठी (MD,Psychiatry)

तनाव और डिप्रेशन (अवसाद) के बीच क्या संबंध है? डॉक्टर प्रवीण त्रिपाठी (MD,Psychiatry)

अक्सर यह सवाल उठाया जाता है कि तनाव का अवसाद से क्या संबंध है। उत्तर बहुत स्पष्ट है। लगभग 70% मामलों में, पहला डिप्रेशन का एपिसोड किसी तनावपूर्ण घटना (Monroe and Harkness,2005) के बाद  शुरू होता है। किसी प्रियजन की मृत्यु, तलाक, नौकरी छूटना, लंबे समय से चले आ रहे...