Despite extensive research on the treatment of mental disorders in various populations, unfortunately, the disgrace attached to mental issues means that many victims are not coming forward to take the proper scientific treatment. On the other hand, the patients are becoming prey to unqualified, self-styled psychoanalysts and are becoming sicker and mentally hostile. Therefore, in…
Since mental illness has been posing a threat to the health of families and society all over the world in several developing and developed countries, in achieving health for all people, WHO’s Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2030 was formulated for the essential role of mental health. The strategies include to strengthen effective leadership and…
In recent times the mental health of all people from school children to teachers, parents, mothers, youth is posing a problem for the society. Suicide is a major national public health issue in India. 171,000 suicides were recorded in 2022, registering a 4.2% increase over 2021 and a jump of 27% compared to 2018. The…
Last week three women and two men total of five persons brought a 24-year-old young lady to my clinic who was very noncooperative to come with them with a complaint of that she was beating children and biting her husband. When I saw at her, several amulets or talismans popularly known in vernacular language as…
In continuation of the last episode, causes for Cockroach phobia and other related phobias the treatment will be discussed in this issue. Among all phobias according to research published by Becker et al., 2007, stimuli included in the specific phobia subtypes, animals are the most feared. In addition, animal phobia presents a high lifetime prevalence,…
My classmate when I was in college doing my BSc Mr. Rathod called me the other day and said Dr. Surya Rao you knew that I had two daughters. The eldest is in MSc Mathematics and the younger one is studying B.A. I am worried to say that my eldest daughter very often develops difficulty…
I am a physician and scholar in philosophy by amalgamating philosophical principles into modern medicine discovered and experienced omega results. The whole ‘philosophy of health’ is governed by four pillars according to my research. The first one is the Pillar of “Igniting Innate Energy”, and the second pillar in “Utilizing Pancha Bhutas” viz., Earth, Sky,…
In continuation of the previous two episodes on changing health scenario in 21st Century here the latest developments for a better health are being discussed. Laughter therapy and philosophical scrutiny: Laughter therapy is a universal non-pharmacologic approach to reduce stress and anxiety. Therapeutic laughter is a non-invasive, cost-effective, and easily implementable intervention that can be…
Due to unnecessary tests and corporate style of treatment of recommending several procedures while neglecting thorough clinical examination and depending on laboratory results eventually crushing the common man’s pocket. In developing countries like the UK, USA first any patient even the highest dignitaries in the respective provinces should first go to a family physician or…
The definition of health as stated by the World Health Organization is that Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Subsequently, several components such as Physical, Intellectual, Spiritual, Emotional, and Environmental factors have been considered under the umbrella of health. United Nations…
