EDITORIAL
Dysphrenia this issue
Shyamanta Das
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
Das S. Dysphrenia this issue. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:81-2.
Correspondence: dr.shyamantadas@gmail.com
From now onwards, Dysphrenia is published by Academy Publisher on behalf of Academia Dysphrenia. Since last issue, during these six months, the journal has been indexed with CiteFactor. This joins the list of earlier abstracting/indexing services where Dysphrenia is already listed in, such as IndexCopernicus, OpenJ-Gate, NewJour, Hinari, getCITED, ULRICHSWEB, WorldCat, Elektro-nische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, Indian Citation Index, ResearchBib, and InfoBase Index. Moreover, the journal is now in the United States National Library of Medicine (which runs MEDLINE and PubMed) catalogue.[1] The editorial and advisory board members of the journal, Dysphrenia are honorary.
This issue of the journal contains two articles, seven researches, and three cases. To understand how the brain works, it is important to trace the connectome. It would open pathway for new modalities of treatment. Talukdar[2] discussed the Human Connectome Project, and how it is going to help in our understanding of brain and behaviour.
From the perspective of schizophrenia as social brain disorder, Hazarika[3] described tools for study in this area that have been validated in the Indian cultural setting. Social cognition determines daily functioning in schizophrenia, and social cognitive training is an addition to the treatments for schizophrenia.
Intervention in alcohol dependence syndrome varies according to the stage of motivation. Angami et al.[4] provided evidence based finding that motivational intervention among patients with alcohol dependence syndrome was efficacious.
Instead of being taken to a hospital, why a person with mental illness is arrested? Srivastava et al.[5] assessed the personality traits and problem solving skills of mentally ill offenders. Such study helps professionals in identifying and assessing people at risk of committing violent behaviour.
Youth and attitude both have tremendous impact. Mukherjee et al.[6] dealt both in reference to the persons with mental illness. Authors suggest education addressing the prevailing stigma in the country and its determinants. College campus seems to be an ideal place for such steps.
When a patient uses both alcohol and tobacco, there is a tendency on part of the treating team to overlook tobacco considering it as the ‘minor’ substance, and thus concentrating on the ‘major’ substance, i.e. alcohol. Under the circumstances, Sreevani et al.[7] tried to find out the relationship between alcohol and tobacco use. There was a significant correlation between age of onset of smoking with age of onset of alcohol intake, years of alcohol dependence with years of smoking dependence, mean days of drinking with mean days of smoking, and average consumption of alcohol per day with number of cigarettes smoked per day. This link between alcohol and tobacco has important implications in the field treatment.
Gedam and Deka[8] studied psychiatric morbidity and impact of socio-demographic and obstetric variables in puerperium. Twelve, three, and one per cent of cases had postpartum depression, panic disorder, and mixed anxiety and depressive disorder. There were significant correlation between socio-demographic variables such as age, education, socioeconomic status, religion, residence, type of family, and psychiatric morbidity. The obstetric variables such as birth order, mode of delivery, and gender of baby were significantly correlated with psychiatric morbidity.
Relation between life events and major psychoses is observed. But, our country has considerable socio-cultural differences. To corroborate such relation in this part of the globe, Ghosh and Dutta[9] used the Presumptive Stressful Life Event Scale in schizophreniform disorder, schizophrenia, mania, and major depression. Vulnerability of mood disorder to life events is concluded.
In India, tuberculosis is still a major public health issue. Srivastava et al.[10] studied psychiatric comorbidities in drug naïve patients of pulmonary tuberculosis. Comprehensive management of these patients taking into account both the physical and mental health can lead to better outcome.
By reporting a case of body dysmorphophobia, Ghosh et al.[11] had drawn attention to several key points. Instead of consulting mental health professionals, patients with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) present to other health care professionals primarily. Depression and suicide are serious comorbidities. Importantly, BDD responds to pharmacotherapy and behaviour therapy.
The family members with shared delusional disorder presented by Ghosh[12] had sexually transmitted disorder as the theme. Antipsychotics, psychotherapy, and separation help.
Chowdhury[13] discussed for the first time a case of posttraumatic stress disorder after wild elephant attack in the context of eco-psychiatry. Religious and cultural backgrounds throw light on the subject matter.
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References
1. NLM Catalog. Dysphrenia : a peer-reviewed biannual academic journal of psychiatry [Internet]. [cited 2014 May 27]. Available from:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101610668
2. Talukdar U. Human Connectome Project: mapping the human brain. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:83-6.
3. Hazarika M. Social cognitive deficits and need for social cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:87-90.
4. Angami MA, Baruah A, Ahmed N. Motivational interve-ntion among patients with alcohol dependence syndrome: a quasi experimental study in a selected deaddiction centre in Assam. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:91-7.
5. Srivastava P, Eqbal S, Kiran M, Kumar P, Kumar P, Mishra SK, Singh AR. Personality traits and problem solving ability among mentally ill offenders. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:98-105.
6. Mukherjee SB, Sahu KK, Sahu S. Stigma: knowledge of college going students about mental illness and reaction towards the persons with mental illness. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:106-13.
7. Sreevani R, Aruna J, Gajendra. Relationship between alcohol and tobacco dependencies among alcohol dependents who smoke. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:114-8.
8. Gedam SR, Deka K. Psychiatric morbidity in puerperium: incidence, associated socio-demographic and obstetric risk factors. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:119-26.
9. Ghosh S, Dutta D. Study on role of life event in major psychoses. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:127-32.
10. Srivastava AS, Ramdinee NA, Matah SC, Tripathi MN, Pandit B, Yadav JS. Psychiatric morbidities in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:133-7.
11. Ghosh M, Kumar K, Gupta R, Kumar S. “I will not show my mouth”: a case report of a young female patient with body dysmorphic disorder. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:138-40.
12. Ghosh P. Shared delusional disorder: a case report of folie a famille. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:141-4.
13. Chowdhury AN. Culture and posttraumatic stress disorder: a case of elephant attack. Dysphrenia. 2014;5:145-9.
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