Background: Identification of regional pattern of poisoning is essential for health care authorities for proper planning on prevention programs and optimized management of antidote stockpiles. This study was designed to evaluate one-year epidemiologic pattern of acute poisoning cases treated at a tertiary care hospital in Thrissur, India. Methods: In this retrospective cross sectional study, me...

The rationale for identifying markers of latent schizophrenia is the evidence that early treatment speeds remission and lessens long-term deterioration. Unfortunately hovever, although the childhood and adolescence of individual psychotics often reveal premorbid deviations from established norms, while epidemiological studies identify cognitive performance and social adjustment as potential pre...

A study was carried out to examine the validity of social dysfunctioning as a measure of severity of illness. Modified version of KAS, R2 inventory was used to measure social functioning. Since there can be no absolute measure of severity of psychiatric illness, the validity was tested through indirect means. It was decided that if the scores on social dysfunctioning were higher amongst the men...

A case of parkinson's disease starting 7 yrs. ago in 1993 with 2 episodes of mania is presented. The 1st episode (1993) was of 1-1/2 months duration, when early parkinsons symptoms had already set in. This was treated with anti-psychotic medications for a month, the picture was complicated with stroke and post-stroke sequlae for 5-6 months, where anti-psychotics were continued. He developed dys...

BACKGROUND Methylphenidate is one of the classic amphetamines which can cause or exacerbate psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia patients. CASE REPORT In this paper, a young man is presented with injection of methylphenidate tablets with acute cellulitis due to this injection and the related symptoms. In the first hospitalization and after recovery from psychotic disorder due to tablet injecti...

BACKGROUND Anti-psychotics are often prescribed off-licence for personality and affective disorders. The aim of this audit was to identify patients on specific wards within St Andrews Hospital and to determine how many of the Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-Effect Scale (GASS) forms had been completed as per policy. METHODS Thirteen patients of Dr Boris Iankov, Consultant Psychiatrist within the a...

Main Outcome Measures: Cortical thickness and change in cortical thickness on a vertex-by-vertex basis across the cortical mantle, measures of functional and symptomatic outcome, and cumulative intake of anti­ psychotiCS during the scan interval. Results: At baseline, the schizophrenic patients had thinner left orbitofrontal and right parahippocampal and superior temporal cortices and a thicker...

Engaging patients in first-episode psychosis services is critical in maximising the effect of early intervention and establishing a frame work for longer-term treatment. Bio psycho social assess ments determine a working diagnosis and inform evidence-based treatment. Atypical anti psychotics should be used at doses that maximise therapeutic benefit and adherence while minimising sideeffects. Pa...

There is growing concern about the increased prescribing of psychotropic medication in the child and adolescent population. A very recent study new study from Rutgers University and Columbia University shows that prescriptions for antipsychotic medications to children aged 2 to 5 years doubled between the years 1999-2001 and 2007. The top-selling medicines in 2008 were anti-psychotics for schiz...

the major objective in endodontic therapy is to disinfect the entire root canal system. this requires that the pulpal content be eliminated as sources of infection. this goal may be accomplished by mechanical instrumentation and chemical irrigation, in conjunction with medication of the root canal between treatment sessions. microorganisms and their by-products are considered to be the major ca...