Mental Health Is Not the Absence of Mental Illness

Why Every Physician Needs to Understand the Dual Continuum Model Dr. Anandhan Panneerselvam, MBBS, DPM, Consultant Psychiatrist, MINDCARE Clinic, Chennai Fellow, European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM) A Tale of Two Patients Consider two patients in your clinic today. Patient A is a 45-year-old software engineer diagnosed with bipolar disorder ten years ago. He takes […]

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“Minor to Whom?” – The Invisible Agony of Neurotic Disorders

In psychiatry, we often categorize conditions as “Major” or “Minor.” But we must stop and ask a critical question: Minor to whom? To a clinician, a case of anxiety or depression might appear “minor” compared to a complex psychotic disorder. But to the individual trapped in the suffocating grip of severe anxiety, depression, or psychosomatic […]

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The Science Behind Our Mind and Its Disorders

We have already seen that the Mind is essentially the functional side of our Brain. This entire process depends on a simple mechanism: Neurons (brain cells) sending and receiving electrochemical signals. When this communication system works perfectly, we stay healthy. But when this transmission is disturbed or lacks order, it leads to Mind Disorders. 1. […]

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The Scientific Perspective of the Mind

In a world filled with diverse philosophical and religious interpretations of the “Mind,” we often overlook the most practical reality: we live in an era driven by science and technology. Therefore, it is only logical to define the mind through the lens of modern medical science. “Scientifically speaking, the Mind is nothing but the physiological […]

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The Hidden Suffering: Why We Say “I Am Not Mad!”

The Hidden Suffering: Why We Say “I Am Not Mad!” Internal pain is just as real as external behaviour. Don’t let the fear of ‘labels’ steal your peace. Stigma surrounding mental health is a global phenomenon, prevalent in both developed and developing nations. This stigma often stems from a misunderstanding of how mental disorders manifest. […]

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Minor vs Major disorders

During the ’90s period, when I was studying medicine, I read in the Davidson textbook of internal medicine as “If the person has the insight, it’s a neurosis. It’s psychosis if he doesn’t have the insight.” Insight means he realises having a disturbance in mind. If he does not realise, it indicates he lacks insight. […]

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Alcohol, Spirituality to Extremism: The Dangerous Escape from Mental Agony!

When individuals suffer from Internalizing Mind Disorders—such as deep-seated anxiety, depression, or silent emotional trauma—they often avoid seeking professional psychiatric help. This avoidance is usually driven by social stigma or a lack of insight into their own condition. However, the human mind naturally seeks relief from its suffering. Depending on an individual’s personality, intelligence, and […]

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Stigma

The stigma among mind disorders exists all over the world, irrespective of whether it’s a developed or underdeveloped country. Because sometimes, the effects of the illness reflected in the behaviours of the person. So others troubled when seeing the reactions of that person.

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மது அடிமை நோய்

மது அடிமை நோய் Alcohol dependence syndrome • டைபாய்டு, டெங்கு, தைராய்டு, சர்க்கரை நோய் மாதிரியான ஒரு நோய்.•  இது ஒரு மூளையியல் நோய் (a brain disorder). மனநோய் அல்ல. மதுவுக்கு அடிமையானவர் குற்றவாளி அல்ல. • நோயாளி என்பதனால் தானே மருத்துவரிடம் அழைத்து வந்துருக்கிறீர்கள்?. குற்றவாளியை காவல்துறை தானே கையாள வேண்டும்?. • திமிர், கொழுப்பு காரணமாக எந்த மனிதரும் அடிமையாவதில்லை. ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் “நாளை முதல் இந்த சனியனை தொடக்கூடாது” என்று […]

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ECT – Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Highly reliable and time tested treatment option இது 20 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பு வரை  “ஷாக் ட்ரீட்மெண்ட்” என புழக்கத்தில் இருந்தது. அன்றைய காலகட்டத்தில் பயன்படுத்த பட்ட கருவிகள் வேறு.அன்று ஃபோன் செய்ய  STD பூத்களில் மணிக்கணக்கில் காத்திருப்போம் அல்லவா?. ஆனால் இன்று ஸ்மார்ட் ஃபோன் மூலம் அமெரிக்காவில் இருக்கும் உறவினருடன் சில விநாடிகளில் பேசி விடுகிறோமே!. அதே போல இன்று பயன் படுத்த படும் ECT கருவிகளில்  Brief pulse, Ultra brief pulse […]

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