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5,00,000 people all over the globe are reported to die of suicide every year. 1,00,000(20%) of them are Indians. Suicides are under-reported by 20-100%. Which means it is more likely 8,00,000 people all over and 1,60,000 in India must be dying of suicide every year (taking mean of 20-100% reporting i.e. 60%). Attempted suicides are […]
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I am writing this letter to express my appreciation of the work you are doing. It is something different form the routine medical articles in India and hence a refreshing and welcome change. N. N. Wig Prof. Emeritus, Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh I congratulate you for writing a very important document. As you know we have been
Abstract Along with political, economic, ethical, rehabilitative and military dimensions, psychopathological sequelae of war and terrorism also deserve our attention. The terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre ( W.T.C.) in 2001 and the Gulf War of 1990-91 gave rise to a number of psychiatric disturbances in the population, both adult and children, mainly in
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The Fourth Psychiatric Revolution At present, psychiatry is in the midst of a fourth revolution. The first revolution was the so-called Moral Treatment which involved the activism of Phileppe Pinel (1745-1826) and William Tuke (1732-1819), as also the efforts of Dorothea Dix (1802-1887). This resulted in destigmatization of the lunatic label which had earlier meant
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Ms. Hema Shah & Dr. L. P. Shah After reading Profile In Courage and noting all his achievements, one may wonder whether he had any time for me. Those who knew him well know that I was the guiding force behind him throughout, and he openly acknowledged it to others. In the year 1962, I joined the
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Teaching: U.G. and P.G. students (Medical), Nursing students (K.E.M.), Social Work Students (T.I.S.S.), Nursing Students (S.N.D.T.), Doctors (G.P.Assn.), P.G. students’ clinics (Free) in his consulting rooms, P. G. examinations at various universities. Research work: Mostly in Psychopharmacology. Collaborative work with Pharma Dept. and various Pharmaceutical companies. WHO Fellowship to visit USA 1976 and Sweden 1978. More than
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Je m’en vais chercher un grand peut-être. I go to seek a great perhaps.* The Late Dr. L. P. Shah (22.4.1936 – 31.3.2004) Psychiatrist, Mentor, Guide and Above – all a Wonderful Human being Footnotes *[Attr. last words, Francois Rabelais]
The six diverse topics covered in this MSM Annual 2004 are an attempt to present to the contemporary thinking mind some of the major concerns of our society today. They include topics in the four areas of Psychiatry, Science, Religion and Health. Psychiatry is important since it concerns psychopathology of the human mind and living.
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We are not here to do (only a little better) what the others do. We are here to do what the others cannot do because they do not have the idea that it can be done. – The Mother, Sept. 1961. We have great pleasure in placing the Mens Sana Monograph Annual 2004 in your
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Abstract Gandhi believed in judging people of other faiths from their stand point rather than his own. He welcomed contact of Hinduism with other religions, especially the Christian doctrines, for he did not want to be debarred from assimilating good anywhere else. He believed a respectful study of other’s religion was a sacred duty and
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