Understanding Psychiatry Part 5: Principles of psychiatric prescription Professionals Speak byAuthor Dr Sucheta Tiwari, Editorial StaffPosted on November 13, 2018February 19, 2021 This is the fifth and final segment in our journey to understand psychiatry with Dr Sucheta Tiwari....
Understanding Psychiatry Part 4: Taking Psychotropic Medication Professionals Speak byAuthor Dr Sucheta Tiwari, Editorial StaffPosted on November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Previous articles in the series on Understanding Psychiatry with Dr Sucheta Tiwari include a discussion of how...
Understanding Psychiatry Part 3: First visit to a psychiatrist & what to expect Professionals Speak byAuthor Dr Sucheta Tiwari, Editorial StaffPosted on November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 In the previous articles, we talked about identifying the need for help, and the difference between a...
Understanding Psychiatry Part 2: Psychologist, Psychiatrist or Neurologist? Professionals Speak byAuthor Dr Sucheta Tiwari, Editorial StaffPosted on November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Once we realize we need to seek help, we will likely encounter three primary types mental health professionals...
Understanding Psychiatry Part 1: Identifying the need for help Professionals Speak byAuthor Dr Sucheta Tiwari, Editorial StaffPosted on November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 This is the first of a five part series – Understanding Psychiatry, where we speak with Dr...
Anxieties of freedom: Tales from a Sri Lankan prison Professionals Speak byAuthor Nivendra UdumanPosted on January 31, 2016January 31, 2016 I am a male psychologist, working as a counsellor at the Welikade male prison in Sri Lanka....
When the body speaks for the mind: Understanding panic attacks Professionals Speak byAuthor Rashi KapoorPosted on January 18, 2016January 20, 2016 She sat by the window staring out into the openness, a monotonous gaze. She didn’t say much...
Emotions by themselves aren’t positive or negative: A therapist explains Professionals Speak byAuthor Sonia Kaur DhinsePosted on December 18, 2015July 15, 2017 Priya* described herself as an anxious person who was always worried about everything. She harmed herself as...
What you need to understand about therapy Professionals Speak byAuthor Aakriti JoannaPosted on October 23, 2015October 23, 2015 To be a good therapist, it is important to undergo the process of therapy yourself. The first...
The “dirty habit” of homosexuality: He came for a cure Professionals Speak byAuthor Shama ShahPosted on September 29, 2015December 14, 2020 Almost a year ago, Ali* had walked in with his elder brother looking a little nervous, with...