Volume 13 Issues 3 March, 2023 I am Dr. Kiran Kumar K., Professor of Psychiatry at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bengaluru. I started my Psychiatry journey in 2006 at JSS Medical college, Mysuru. It’s been a wonderful expedition since then, navigating the nuances of human ‘psyche’. One aspect that has fascinated […]
Down the memory Lane
Down the memory lane: Dr Om Prakash Singh
Volume 13 Issues 2 February, 2023 Looking back, I am amused and astounded by the myriad of paths I crossed to be where I am today. I was born in an Agricultural Family in which my father put a premium on education and came to work as a teacher in Dunlop Estate, a township developed […]
Norman Sartorius: A personal history of psychiatry
Down the Memory Lane Volume 13 Issues 1 January, 2023 AbstractAs part of the intention to document the recent and current history of psychiatry, I was asked to present memories of my involvementin psychiatry over the past 50 years. Reviewers suggested that I should start this personal history of psychiatry with a summary of mycurriculum […]
Curd rice and MINDS Newsletter
Down the Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 12 December, 2022 That was the summer of July 2011; I rushed to get some quick bits for lunch; I opened my lunch box and saw cold Upma, which I got packed from the hostel mess. Getting a packed breakfast from the hostel mess and having it in […]
The Amazing Teaching Skill of the Student !!
Dr Kishor M Volume 12 Issues 11 November, 2022 Down the memory lane The class began for final-year medical students; as previously notified to them, I called the student who was assigned a five-minute presentation on the topic. As the student initiated the session and concluded enthusiastically, I was stunned by the student’s ability to […]
Down the memory lane
-Dr M Kishor Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 As a young psychiatry teacher in a medical college more than a decade ago, I looked at many ways to engage medical students. There were hardly any efforts before made in that institution. Months later, a medical student came to me and was eager to hand […]
A Glimpse of Newspaper
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 As I was travelling a long distance to medical college, I would strive hard to keep myself engaged throughout the journey because I am among those who can’t doze off during travel! Occasionally reading newspaper & every word in it , was a time killer strategy more […]
Going Down The Memory Lane
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 8 August, 2022 Going down the memory laneThere has been happiness and painReflecting back on our lifeIt has been a lovely driveAmazing great times we hadSome moments did make us sadYet we did not give up so fastPersisting till the very lastLots of hard work we had to […]
My Initial Years in Medicine and Psychiatry
Down Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 7 July, 2022 The year was 1971. Medical education was highly coveted in India. Kerala had only three Medical Colleges at that time- Trivandrum, Calicut and Kottayam besides the private TD Medical College, Alleppey (which was later taken over by the Govt in 1973). Kerala had only 400 medical […]
Short story of translation and validation study
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 6 June, 2022 In 2014, at the department of child and adolescent psychiatry, Institute of child health, Chennai, it was decided to translate a holistic ADHD parent rating scale VADPRS [ Vanderbilt ADHD parent rating scale] into Tamil language as it was a gold standard rating scale used […]