Category Archives: Mental Health

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 […]

Bipolar disorder Mania:

In this mental illness person suffers from two phases of illness, one is depression another is mania. Person has these symptoms: Mood changes: Mood is either irritable or elevated. Increased self esteem or grandiosity. Increased energy levels and increased activities. Decreased sleep. Talkativeness. Increased ideas in mind. Increased involvement in activities which main lead to […]

Schizophrenia symptoms causes and treatments

It’s a type of Psychosis. Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating mental illness. How common is it? Almost 1% population is suffering from schizophrenia. In most of the cases schizophrenia starts between age of 15 to 30 years. Symptoms of schizophrenia: Person with Schizophrenia starts living in an imaginary world. 1. Delusion (false belief): […]