Mental illness or mental health disorder refers to a wide range of mental health disorders or conditions that affect how you think, feel, act, or relate to other people or to your surroundings. There are various examples of mental disorders that include anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, eating disorders, and addictive behaviors. Mental illness may also affect […]
Category Archives: Mental Health
How To Stay Happy – Dr Kapil Sharma
In today’s time, the whole world is experiencing the unprecedented impact of the current global health emergency due to COVID-19 which has also impacted the mental health of millions of people. We know that the levels of anxiety, isolation, fear, social distancing, restrictions, stress, uncertainty, and emotional distress experienced have become widespread as the world […]
Common Causes of Suicide
Suicide is a major health problem. Society feels it at regular intervals. Especially when a known person commits suicide. Same thing is happening again in India. Few days ago a known bollywood actor Sushantsinghrajput committed suicide. The whole media is buzzing with this sad news. Suicides happen every day but society and media remain calm. […]
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Oppositional defiant disorder is a child psychological problem. Oppositional defiant disorder seen in child’s behaviour and emotions. Child behaviour is biological as well as psychologically learned. Risk factors for aggressive behaviour in children: Childhood maltreatment, physical abuse, sexual abuse neglect, harsh and punitive parenting. How to understand oppositional defiant disorder: Angry mood, child loses temper, […]
Tobacco & Smoking Disorder
Tobacco addiction is among the most prevalent, deadly and costly addiction. Tobacco addiction is most ignored and underestimated addiction. Because tobacco does not cause behavioural problems. Tobacco users generally don’t seek psychiatric help for de-addiction. Tobacco is legally available drug, so most people think that tobacco users and smokers do not have health problems. W.H.O. […]
Dementia Disorder
Dementia Disorder Dementia is a neuro cognitive disorder. Generally it is a progressive cognition impairing disorder. Progressive deterioration in cognition leads to impairment in social and occupational functioning. Common types of dementia: Alzheimer, Lewy body, vascular, frontotemporal, due to brain trauma, parkinson’s, due to infections of brain, huntington’s, vitamin and nutritional deficiencies, alcohol and drugs. […]
Dissociative Disorder Causes and Treatments
Person presents with different symptoms like forgetfulness, fainting, loss of consciousness, inability to move body part (paralysis like symptoms), breathing problem, possession by spirit, clenching of teeth, cramps in body parts, launching of hands, difficulty in walking, irrelevant talks, loss of identity etc. Many times patient has history of stress in life, sometimes it becomes […]
Trichotilomania : Hair pulling disorder
Person pulls hairs Person feels urge or impulse before pulling hairs. After pulling hairs person feels relief of tension. How common is trichotillomania? In general less than 1% people suffer from trichotilomania. Females suffer more than males. Why to treat trichotilomania? In trichotillomania due to repetitive loss of hairs person looks bad cosmetically. Almost one […]
OCD: Obsessive Compulsive disorder
Person suffers from repetitive thoughts, urges, images. These thoughts, urges and images are unwanted. These thoughts, urges and images cause anxiety and distress to the person. Person tries to control or ignore these thoughts, urges and images. To control stress and anxiety person does repetitive behaviour (hand washing, checking, ordering) or mental activities (counting, praying, […]
Anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder
Person suffers from anxiety, worries about events, activities and life. Anxiety or worries are difficult to control Person feels restlessness. Irritability. Muscle tension. Disturbed sleep. Worrisome thoughts. Anxiety causes distress and impairment in social & occupational life. How common is anxiety disorder? Almost 5% people suffer from anxiety disorder. Women : men ratio is 2 […]
