
Jigyansa Ipsita PattnaikKalinga Institute of Medical Sciences | kims · Department of Psychiatry
Jigyansa Ipsita Pattnaik
Child Psychiatry (PDF) MD and DNB Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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September 2020 - present
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Publications (52)
Aim
To evaluate the beliefs held by the public regarding sexual health, pregnancy, and breastfeeding during COVID-19 era.
Methods
It was an online cross-sectional survey conducted through the Survey Monkey® platform and after proper ethical approval a self-designed questionnaire was circulated by the snowballing sampling technique through the What...
Sociological perspective of suicide amidst COVID-19
Background
Our objective was to analyze reports of COVID-19 related suicides (CRS) to identify associated factors with a broader goal to inform management and prevention strategies.
Methods
We searched scientific literature, government websites and online newspaper reports in English and nine regional languages to identify relevant CRS reports.
R...
This case report describes a 16-year-old Indian male who presented with factitious disorder manifesting through culturally influenced symptoms, including simulated hematemesis using vermillion powder and religious experiences. The presentation coincided with his transition to higher secondary education and first-time hostel admission. The patient r...
Background
There are few studies that highlight the problematic eating behavior of college students; however, similar data on the medical undergraduate population is sparse, especially in India. Awareness among medical students would be considered different compared to other students, owing to their training and education.
Aim
To know the prevalen...
Background
The detrimental effects of air pollution on human health, particularly among vulnerable populations such as children, have raised concerns globally. While prior research has explored the association between air pollution and cognitive impairments, it is poorly studied in the Indian population.
Aim
This study aims to specifically profile...
Background
First responders are at high risk for adverse mental health outcomes following trauma exposure during disaster response. This mixed methods study aimed to quantify psychological impacts and explore personal experiences among first responders after the Bahanaga train accident that killed 294 passengers in the month of June 2023.
Methods...
In recent years, Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) has become a major mental health concern among
adolescents, with detrimental effects on social relationships, academic performance, and emotional wellbeing.
The focus of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on improving self-awareness, emotional
regulation, and cognitive flexibility has drawn int...
Lithium, long established as a cornerstone in the treatment of bipolar disorder, has recently emerged as a potential therapeutic agent across a broad spectrum of medical fields. This narrative review examines the expanding role of lithium in contemporary medicine, highlighting its transition from a psychiatric staple to a versatile therapeutic tool...
Context: Although neuroleptics are available for treating schizophrenia, patient compliance with treatment remains a major hurdle. Such patients turn into treatment‑resistant schizophrenia (TRS) where clozapine can be prescribed, but it causes severe side effects. Many markers can predict favorable responses to clozapine therapy.
Aims: To assess so...
Disasters can have a profound impact on mental health, leading to stress, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, grief, substance abuse, and suicidality. These issues can persist for years, affecting 30%–60% of survivors, and risk and resilience depend on factors such as socioeconomic status, cultural background, health, trauma...
A BSTRACT
Introduction
Breast cancer is the second most prevalent disease among women in India and one of the most dangerous and lethal. Chemotherapy-treated breast cancer patients may have perceived stress, which is defined as emotions of mental or physical exhaustion that make them feel angry or anxious. Mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) give...
Nonspeech vocalizations are usually seen in temporal or frontal lobe epileptic focus, especially in the dominant side of the brain. There can be screaming, hooting, barking, humming grunting, etc., Barking is most characteristic, which is commonly seen in mesial frontal lobe epilepsy. In this report, we describe a unique case of ictal barking with...
Antipsychotics are the mainstay treatment for the majority of severe mental illnesses. Such patients are also more prone to develop medical comorbidities, which complicate the treatment decisions. It is estimated that up to 40% of individuals with schizophrenia have impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or diabetes, which can be attributed to a combinat...
A BSTRACT
One of the most commonly encountered scenarios in any healthcare setting is a patient presenting with a headache. Yet, the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of headache disorders can be challenging and burdensome for even specialist doctors in medicine, psychiatry, oto-rhinology, neurology and so on. Apart from saving patient’s and doct...
Nearly one third of the population diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) fail to respond to two or more antidepressant drugs of adequate dose and duration. This necessitates identification of confounding psychological and physiological factors that could contribute to treatment resistant depression (TRD). The present longitudinal study inv...
Online portals of selected English and local language newspapers and television channels were searched to identify suicide news reports published one year after the celebrity suicide (ACS). These reports (n = 1952) were compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, immediately following the celebrity suicide (ICS) (n = 2486), and a t...
BACKGROUND
A high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in persons with serious mental illness, particularly in patients with schizophrenia, is noted. In addition, psychotropic agents, including some antipsychotic medications, are associated with substantial weight gain and pose an increased risk of metabolic syndrome.
METHODS
This cross-sectional case...
BACKGROUND
The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA) was enacted in India to protect the rights of individuals with mental illnesses and improve their access to mental healthcare services. However, despite its progressive nature, the implementation of the MHCA has faced numerous challenges. This manuscript aims to discuss the difficulties encountered...
With proliferation in research on high-risk psychosis spectrum diseases, it is crucial to distinguish a prodrome or psychosis-like episode in children and adolescents from true psychosis. The limited role of psychopharmacology in such circumstances is well-documented, underlining the difficulties in diagnosing treatment resistance. To add to the co...
Background:
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread controversies related to the transmission, treatment, prevention, and management of COVID-19 infection. Medical students have been involved in patient care across the globe and many a times the general public looks forward towards the medical professionals to get proper information about vari...
Panic buying is a common phenomenon during environmental disasters like the COVID-19 pandemic, war, flood, and earthquakes. When a group of people initiates panic shopping and hoarding, an apparent deficiency is formed, which results in more panic and, thus, more panic buying. By and large, the panic buying situation has had the largest influence o...
Adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, during which the individual undergoes significant biological, psychological, and social changes. The development of sexuality, though begins at conception, gets shaped during this period. The changes occurring differ in males and females not just in terms of biopsychosocial organiza...
Background
Incarcerated prisoners represent a high-risk group for suicide. Little is known about the quality of media reporting of suicide in this group.
Methodology
Online media reports discussing suicide among prisoners in India were identified by searching three internet search engines and newspaper websites. All such reports between January 20...
Background:
Imbalanced media reporting of suicide may increase suicide risk among vulnerable individuals.
Aim:
This study aims to assess the quality of suicide reporting in print newspapers of Odisha, a high suicide burden state in Eastern India.
Materials and methods:
We analyzed all eligible media reports of suicide in selected English and l...
Background
Imbalanced portrayal of suicide by the media can have adverse public health consequences. We aimed to evaluate the psychosocial context, as well as the quality of media reporting, of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) population.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluat...
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes in the lifestyle of adolescents. Adolescence is a development stage of high vulnerability that can impact well-being later in life. Mental health plays an important role in one’s quality of life. Understanding coping mechanisms helps make a person safe and resilient from psycho...
Objective:
Little is known about changes in quality of media reporting of suicide in the community following a celebrity suicide. Our objective was to compare trends in quality of media reporting of suicide, before and after the suicide of an Indian entertainment celebrity, against the World Health Organization suicide reporting guidelines.
Metho...
Aim
To evaluate the prevalence of specific beliefs held by people with respect to SARS-2-CoV (COVID-19) infection.
Study Design
Web-based cross-sectional survey by using nonprobability snow-balling sampling technique.
Methodology
The survey-specific questionnaire designed based on the review of literature on the prevailing myths/beliefs was circu...
Policies over performing the last rites of the deceased during the pandemic merit a revaluation. Optimal family involvement in decision making on funeral rites and adequate pre-funeral counseling for the bereaved can help in this regard.
Background
Little is known about the factors that determine vulnerability to subsequent suicide in the community following a celebrity suicide. Our objective was to investigate the link between an alleged celebrity suicide and further suicidal behaviour in the community in India.
Methods
Relevant news articles that reported suicidal behaviour in t...
Background:
Celebrity suicides have the potential to trigger suicide contagion, particularly when media reporting is detailed and imbalanced. We aimed to assess the quality of media reporting of suicide of a popular Indian entertainment celebrity against the World Health Organization (WHO) suicide reporting guidelines.
Methods:
Relevant news art...
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has been a herculean task even by the developed countries. India, however, has handled the crisis proactively with various measures. In this connection the strategies taken by Odisha, an Eastern Indian state, are noteworthy and deserve attention considering scale of the efforts taken to contain the spread of the virus...
Diogenes syndrome (DS) or senile squalor is a rare neurobehavioural syndrome that occurs in elderly people and is characterized by pathological hoarding, domestic squalor, severe self-neglect and absence of insight to the condition which in turn leads to refusal to seek and accept help (Clark et al., 1975). It is known for more than 40 years to phi...
Background: The security personnel of our country including Army Personnel, C.I.S.F., Police and other security personnel bear a large amount of physical and psychological stress to maintain law and order situations at different corners of the country at different situations. To assess the Psychiatric Morbidity in C.I.S.F., the course of referrals...