Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan

Assam Medical College · Department of Psychiatry

Asenapine is a sublingually absorbed newer second-generation antipsychotic that is approved for the treatment of schizo-phrenia and bipolar disorder in patients, with a lower extrapyramidal adverse effect potential. We report an adolescent boy having schizophrenia who developed an acute dystonic reaction after 4 days when the dose of asenapine was...

Background: Both studies were conducted a 12-week randomly controlled trial in 180 non-smoking, normotensive, non-diabetic subjects with ages ranging from 38.5-39.2 years, 41-46% female and BMI of 24.5-24.9 kg/m2. Methods: In all, 45 patients were randomized into each of the diet groups. They were the alteration of fasting blood glucose, lipid prof...

Objectives Liver cirrhosis patients commonly progress to minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) with cognitive impairment and raised blood ammonia and proinflammatory cytokines levels. This study aims to identify the subjects of MHE in patients with liver cirrhosis by hydrogen 1 magnetic resonance (1H-MR) spectroscopy of the brain, serum proinflammat...

Addictions are an escalating public health concern in India. Mental health professionals and other healthcare workers must keep themselves updated about the developments in the field. The nosology has recently changed, the related laws have been amended, more and more substances and behaviors are being reported to be addictive, a steady stream of n...

Background: Alcohol dependence is a significant worldwide public health concern that can negatively affect mental health, social interactions, and overall functioning. Prolonged consumption of alcohol can cause severe liver damage as well as dysfunction in other organs. Aim: To examine effects of the duration of alcohol dependence on AST and ALT le...

Background Psychiatric morbidities, which are commonly seen in psoriasis patients, are often missed or ignored leading to poor quality of life. A lack of communication between psychiatrists and dermatologists leads to ignorance of psychiatric morbidities in psoriasis patients, which can eventually take a severe form. Therefore, both groups must col...

Background Cotard's delusion/Cotard's syndrome is a series of delusions ranging from a false, fixed, unshakeable belief that one has lost their soul, blood, organs, and body parts to the belief that one is dead. The syndrome was initially thought to be associated with only mood disorders but later was found in other psychiatric illnesses as well. A...

Background Emotional and behavioral problems of children are a common concern for parents and mental health stakeholders alike. Poor parenting is a well-known factor associated with behavioral problems in children. There is unanimity regarding the correlation between parental supervision and emotional and behavioral problems. This present study aim...

Introduction Alcohol use disorder is a global problem and is associated with various physical, mental and social complications. Symptom network analysis can provide an unique insight into the complex interaction of the various factors as regards to their contribution to all the social and mental health-related issues and vice versa. Objective This...

Background: There is overlap of symptoms in psychiatric disorders, especially in mental and behavioural disorders of childhood and adolescence. Half of all lifetime psychiatric disorders tend to arise by age 14 years and three fourths of them arise by age 24 years. Aim: To study the various types of mental and behavioural disorders of childhood...

Background: Research in past four decades show that recent life events do contribute to the onset of psychiatric illness but exact relationship between stress and psychiatric illness is still unclear and studies on life events are relatively less in North Eastern region of India. Aim: To examine the nature of life events, perceived stress, their as...

Alcohol use disorders in adolescents has been a major health and social concern across the globe demanding timely intervention in order to prevent the great deal of morbidity and mortality that are often associated with maladaptive pattern of substance use. Understanding the causation, maintenance and progression of alcohol use disorder is of utmos...

Dhat syndrome, originally thought to be a culture-bound syndrome restricted to the Indian subcontinent, has now been found to be spread worldwide. This “semen-loss anxiety” is excessive preoccupation with loss of vitality resulting from loss of semen either through urination, nocturnal emission, or masturbation. Semen has been linked to strength an...

The relationship between Nicotine and Mental illness is complex. Smoking prevalence in schizophrenia is up to 5 times higher than other clinical and non-clinical groups --- De Leon, Schizophr Res. 2005. Nicotine dependence is highly prevalent in persons with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, as compared to the general population --- Dicke...

Background: Although schizophrenia is conceptualised as psychosis that affects predominantly thought and, mania that affects mood, careful observation of the psychopathology indicates that there is considerable overlap of mood, motor, and speech abnormalities between various psychotic disorders. Aims: This study aimed to examine the nature and type...

Abstract : Paranormal phenomena refer to perception without mediation of the known sensory, or to movement without participation directly or indirectly of known motor process and have a direct bearing in the mind-brain relations. They are not very uncommon both in the developed and the developing world. Though often viewed as controversial its exis...

Abstract : To our mind, always it comes what is guilt exactly. The definition that appears in books is too superficial and literary. But this emotion plays a great role in every one’s life. A lot of psychological problems occur which may not be pathological but it disturbs the life of an individual. So when this guilt within us remains and is not r...

Abstract : Some experimental works on human interface in choosing a rational decision are surveyed. The famous Prisoner’s Dilemma is revisited and its sequential version is adopted for the experiment. Difference between the theoretical results and the experimental evidences are highlighted. Future prospects are identified. Keywords: Human attribute...

Baclofen is a gamma-aminobutyric acid type B receptor agonist used as an anti-craving agent for treatment of alcohol dependence. It has gained popularity in the recent times because it is well tolerated even in patients with hepatic impairments. Herein we are summarizing the latest literature about baclofen induced hypomania and are reporting a cas...

A review of data on interactions between Mental illness and Diabetes taking into account the multifactorial causation, sustenance of illness and outcome variables together makes absolutely confusing reading. An attempt has been made to mention only that material where the controversies regarding the stated facts are relatively less.

The concepts, methods, and theories of epidemiology and biostatistics are the fundamental building blocks upon which the public health sciences are built. These basic concepts are important in understanding and formulating a research project. This is an introductory text in epidemiology and biostatistics for students willing to investigate various...

Introduction: Hallucination is a fundamental psychiatric symptom often regarded as a hallmark of psychosis. It can be found in schizophrenia, other psychoses (including delusional disorder, acute and transient psychosis, post-partum psychosis), affective disorders, dementia, substance induced psychotic disorders, and delirium. Aims and objective: T...

Background: Worldwide 10 to 20% of Children and Adolescent experience Mental Disorders and of concern today. Youth under stress have ADHD, Conduct problems, Learning disorders and at higher risk for Depression. They at times define problems due to harsh or rude parental handling or parental pressure on studies, demand on better performance at schoo...

Asenapine is a sublingually absorbed newer second-generation antipsychotic that is approved for the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in patients, with a lower extrapyramidal adverse effect potential. We report an adolescent boy having schizophrenia who developed an acute dystonic reaction after 4 days when the dose of asenapine was i...

Background:Previous work has identified prevalence rate for psychiatric disorders in individual with epilepsy and its correlation. However studies from this part of country are quite a few, and no systematic attempt has earlier been made to study prevalence, nature of psychopathology ,and any correlation of duration of psychiatric illness with dura...

Background: Pseudocyesis is a clinical syndrome in which a non-pregnant woman manifests with a firm belief of being pregnant in association with the symptoms and signs that mimic the experience of being pregnant. Case Presentation: Here we are presenting a 45 year old lady presenting initially with pseudocyesis who after sometime following a gynaec...

Epidemiology and statistics is an essential modern science whose understanding now forms a base of any research in any form. Epidemiology deals with the distribution and determinants of health-related states, while biostatistics is considered to be important in implementing statistical knowledge into the biomedical sciences. We have tried to captur...

Background: Neurosyphilis, formerly a common cause of dementia, is now a rare condition in developed countries. However, syphilis remains common in many developing countries, where lack of early diagnosis and treatment of early syphilis have the chances of increasing neurosyphilis and prevalence of syphilitic dementia [1]. Case presentation: We pr...

knowledge and stigma associated with mental disorders cause hindrance to avail hospital services. Community based survey in a well defined sample is the right and appropriate approach for proper estimation of prevalence of such illnesses. Aims: To estimate the prevalence of psychiatric illnesses in the community and to study the socio demographic c...

Catatonia is a clinical syndrome with varieties of psychomotor abnormalities of retardation and excitement. It can occur both in psychiatric and medical conditions. The aetiology of catatonia has not been fully described. Many researchers suggest that catatonia can occur due to deficiency of cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) which is an inhib...

Endocrine disorders are common medical conditions. As hormones affect a variety of organ systems, endocrinopathies may produce a variety of psychiatric symptoms. Early in the course of endocrine disease patients are more likely to present primarily with psychiatric symptoms. Here we are presenting a case with persistent low mood and decreased inter...

Psychiatric disorders can be associated with seizure disorder as comorbidity or they can be secondary to structural lesions in the brain. Patients with temporal lobe epilepsy frequently come to the attention of psychiatrists since the condition may involve gross disorders of thought and emotion. Here we will discuss about a case of mesial temporal...

Disulfiram is a deterrent agent used in the treatment of alcohol dependence syndrome. Though it is regarded as one of the most efficacious drugs, it is associated with various side effects. On the other hand catatonia is a clinical syndrome characterized by varieties of psychomotor abnormalities of retardation and excitement often seen in schizophr...

Catatonia is a clinical syndrome with varieties of psychomotor abnormalities of retardation and excitement. It can occur both in psychiatric and medical conditions. The aetiology of catatonia has not been fully described. Many researchers suggest that catatonia can occur due to deficiency of cortical gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) which is an inhib...

Aripiprazole,a novel antipsychotic agent is the latest addition to the class of atypical antipsychotics . It is a partial dopamine agonist and has been advocated for treatment of many psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, irritability associated with autism and as an augmentation therapy for Major Depressive dis...

This case report describes a 22 year old boy presenting with a history of wearing female garments for sexual arousal. He was treated successfully with the help of behaviour therapy.

Clozapine was introduced in European market in 1972 as an effective treatment for schizophrenia without extrapyramidal side effects. Within a short while, the clozapine story virtually came to a halt following detection of life-threatening neutropenia and agranulocytosis. Judicial use of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) can be life savi...

An 11-year-old girl presented with a behavioural problem of 2 years' duration, which developed following an attack of viral encephalitis. Her behavioural changes had manifested as conduct disorder and were treated with pharmacotherapy as well as behavioural therapy.