My Family Medicine Practice

  It is quiet common for the new mother to feel sad, worried, tired or fatigued. As many as 80 out of 100 mothers go through such feelings f...

Introduction Doctors have a higher than average incidence of suicide and alcoholism, and so all doctors must be prepared to face (and t...

This assesses state of mind at the time of interview with the patient. A true description of mental states entails valid knowledge about...

While dealing with psychiatry patients it is important to understand what having odd ideas mean and to  decide if a patient has delusion...

Definition: Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is a condition in which a child displays an ongoing pattern of uncooperative, hostile...

Hyperventilation is breathing which occurs more deeply and/or more rapidly than normal. Pathophysiology: CO 2 is ‘blown off ’, so tha...

Definition. A disorder characterized by the conscious production of signs and symptoms of both medical and mental disorders. The main ...

Introduction The essential features of bulimia nervosa include eating binges followed by feelings of guilt, humiliation, and self-dep...

Introduction The key feature of anorexia nervosa is self-imposed starvation resulting from a distorted body image and an intense and ...

This disorder is characterized by disturbances (for at least 6 months) in thought content and form, perception, affect, sense of self,...

Obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors represent recurring efforts to control overwhelming anxiety, guilt, or unacceptable impuls...

According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition – Text Revision. (DSM-IV-TR), delusional disorders...

A severe, pervasive developmental disorder, autistic disorder is marked by unresponsiveness to social contact, gross deficits in intel...

Definition The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines drug abuse and dependence as the use of a legal or an illegal drug that cause...

A chronic disorder, alcoholism is usually described as an uncontrolled intake of alcoholic beverages that interferes with physical and...

Also known as primary degenerative dementia, Alzheimer’s disease accounts for more than half of all dementias. An estimated 5% of peopl...

Introduction When multiple recurrent signs and symptoms of several years’ duration suggest that physical disorders exist without a ve...

Defined as individual traits that reflect chronic, inflexible, and maladaptive patterns of behavior, personality disorders cause socia...

Introduction Also known as unipolar disorder, major depression is a syndrome of persistently sad, dysphoric mood accompanied by distu...

Introduction Including Tourette syndrome, chronic motor or vocal tic disorder, and transient tic disorder, tic disorders are similar ...