Latest postings by Harish Tharayil
As said earlier mood disorders are closely associated with sleep disturbances.What is the relationship between sleep and mood?Studies
have ...more>>
Non pharmacological treatment of insomnia 1)
Maintain regular hours for going to bed and waking up. Try to wake up
at a fixed time every d ...more>>
Misconceptions about many aspects of sleep, including its duration are highly prevalent in the community. Sleeping for lesser duration is eq ...more>>
Study
of personality based on psychological traits has a quite interesting
history. It started with Gordon Allport and Henry Odbert in 193 ...more>>
I was thinking of writing about the future of Psychiatry. Surprisingly, Ajeesh has raised this issue in his reply to the post on "Many face ...more>>
Dear Dr Vijayan and others,Any establishment tries to hide some fundamental facts from people to attain their selfish gains or hidden agenda ...more>>
We are motivated to do things by our needs. But all needs do not have the same power to motivate us. The best theory to explain human motiva ...more>>
“The
brain, and the brain alone, is the source of our pleasures, joys,
laughter, and amusement, as well as our sorrow, pain, grief, and ...more>>
This
is not a medical or psychiatric diagnosis. It refers to willful
production of a physical or psychological symptom with the intent of
...more>>
Patients
commonly present to doctors with symptoms or complaints. Complaints are
usually of pain and alterations in structure or function ...more>>
Schizophrenia
is the most puzzling mental disorder. The word means 'split mind'. This
is not the same as split personality or multiple per ...more>>
This
is the second most serious mental illness after schizophrenia. There
are two prototypes of mood syndromes. Mania is characterized by ...more>>
