Indian Journal of Medical Psychiatry

Gender remains an important determinant of psychological fitness and psychiatric disorders. Biological vulnerabilities may be accentuated and exacerbated by interaction of gender and social determinants. Sex differences in age of commencement of psychiatric disorders, their course, symptom presentation, comorbidity rates and treatment response have been reported consistently in bipolar disorder. Few workers evaluating differences, according to sex, in presenting symptoms of mania have reported men with mania exhibit higher prevalence of problems in behavior and are able to converse with difficulty. In contrast, female patients even during mania show higher amount of symptoms of depression. More recently women with mania were reported to have higher scores on lability of mood, depression, anxiety, guilt and suicidal thoughts while men obtained higher scores on humor, grandiose ideation, psychosis and motor activity. The finding of clinical differences in mania according to gender emphasizes the need for large scale studies on patients with bipolar disorders to firmly establish whether there exist clinical differences in symptomatology according to gender and measures to improve compliance with treatment. There is a pressing requirement to evaluate the safety of different treatment modalities during pregnancy.

Keywords: Gender; Sex; Mania; Bipolar Disorder.

Objective: To determine the attitude towards mental illness among medical students and non psychiatric doctors of Mamata Medical College. Materials and Methods: The study was cross sectional, conducted in Mamata Medical College, Khammam, from September 2016 to March 2017. Our study sample contains 150 medical students doing internship in the Mamata Medical College, Khammam, and 100 non psychiatric doctors working in the Mamata Medical College, Khammam, who are willing to participate in the study. Results: In present study we observed negative attitude towards mental illness among both medical students and non psychiatric doctors. When compared attitude toward mental illness among medical students and non psychiatric doctors, we found that there was no statistically significant difference. Compared to non psychiatric doctors, the medical students had stigma that people with a severe mental illness are dangerous and its more discomfortable talking to a person with a mental illness. Compared to medical students, the non psychiatric doctors had stigma that being a psychiatrist is not like being a real doctor, it is not important that any doctor supporting a person with a mental illness also assesses their physical health. Non psychiatric doctors also had stigma that they don’t want to work with a colleague if they had a mental illness. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the need for educational programs aimed at medical and non psychiatric doctors for providing basic information and thus demystifying mental illness.

Keywords: Attitude towards mental illness; Non psychiatric doctors; Medical students

Collective bargaining is usually part of unionized workplace. It is a process that is designed to help employees earn better wages, benefits and working condition. It is also a process which can help employer ensure that they get the best workers, consistency with productivity and a set of standards that every worker can be held to while in the workplace.

Keywords: Negotiation; Employee; Rights; Employer.

If we think of “a day without smart phones” we are no Where, we are ready to compromise our friends, family and relationships just because we are too busy in our smart phones. Too much dependency on smartphones creating in number of difficulties in our daily lives, work place burnout, irritability, frustration, overthinking, depression, mood swings, and many psychological issues such as decreased concentrations & attention and medical alienments such as obesity, hypertension, postural abnormalities are very common.

Keywords: Smartphones; Digital detox; Applications

Suicidal behavior is leading cause of injury and death worldwide. Overall 80-90% firearm suicidal methods have died. Suicide affect youngsters from all races and socioeconomic group. Boys succeed in their suicide attempts more frequently than girl’s. Suicide patients which have a negative impact upon the quality of care they receive. And also include myths, facts etc. health care professionals to enhance their understanding of their attitudes toward patients who attempt suicide in order to enhance the provision of effective care to them.

Keywords: Suicide; Suicidal patients; Suicidal ideation; Psychology; Depression.