A Digital Newsletter of Psychiatry for Medical Doctors
Volume 13 Issues 12 December, 2023 My formative years in medical school and residency were filled with invaluable lessons from mentors who emphasized the significance of cultural competence in individual and family-focused care. Through their guidance, I was exposed to global mental health issues, which profoundly influenced my approach to psychiatry. This year, during a […]
Volume 13 Issues 6 June, 2023 As a newly joined junior resident, we had a class by our Head of Department, Prof Rajat Ray. The class was about introduction to Psychiatry as a specialty and what to expect in the course of time. One of the things he taught us then was that you would […]
Volume 13 Issues 5 May, 2023 It was my own inner turmoil and terror of examinations, which started rather suddenly, when I was in the middle of writing my Matriculation examination, which made me turn to psychiatry for an explanation. Although I passed Matric and PUC exams with good marks and got admission to Mysore […]
Volume 13 Issues 4 April, 2023 Strangely, some of life’s most valuable lessons can be learned by spending some time at hospitals. It seems that witnessing the extreme form of anything can alter one’s perception of life itself, say a woman in labor, a forest fire, a psychopath. Hospitals are places designed for healing but allow […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]