Kishor Manohar Rao

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• MBBS MD
• Professor (Full) at JSS Medical College and Hospital

Background Depression is a common but severe mental health disorder affecting individuals globally. Medication non-adherence and low health-related quality of life (HRQoL) are the major challenges associated with the treatment of patients with depression. Materials and methods A prospective Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) was conducted in the ps...

Background and Aim The prevalence of alcohol use in India is ranged from 3.8% to 65.8%. One in every five alcohol users needs treatment. Lack of knowledge about the ill effects of alcohol and an 83% of treatment gap increase the risk. Among many available strategies, community-based alcohol de-addiction camps (ADCs) can offer support to alcohol use...

Background Smartphone use has significantly increased among adolescents for nonacademic purposes. The study aimed to assess cyberslacking and psychological distress among male and female school-going adolescents and its effects on mothers’ mental health. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 532 school-going adolescents and their mothers thr...

Background Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a condition that affects nearly 3–9% of the women in the reproductive age during the luteal phase of each menstrual cycle characterized by symptoms varying in severity and affecting the quality of life. Earlier research studies conducted have reported independent relationships between PvuII-ESR1-...

Background This review examines the historical developments, current state of training, existing challenges, and opportunities for undergraduate, postgraduate, and super specialty psychiatry education in India. Methods For this narrative review, we examined information from the published literature, along with key documents from the Indian Psychia...

GHPUs providing postgraduate psychiatry degree courses can be divided into two broad categories: one belonging to medical colleges under the National Medical Commission (NMC) and the other belonging to Institutes of National Importance (INIs). The former has an annual system; that is, postgraduate entries and final degree exams are conducted annual...

Background India’s landscape of sub/super-specialization courses is expanding rapidly. Numerous courses spanning various domains of psychiatry exist, and this trend is poised to continue its upward trajectory. We aimed to assess the need for sub/super-specialization courses in psychiatry in India and explore the structural components of the courses...

Background Several institutes of national importance (INI) have been established in the last few years to improve the quality of medical education in the country. Most INIs are autonomous and outside the purview of the National Medical Commission (NMC). Little is known about the needs of the psychiatry teachers working in INIs. The current study wa...

Background: The need for psychotherapy training (PT) has been recognized worldwide and is considered an integral component of postgraduate psychiatry training. Our study aims to assess the quality of PT received by psychiatrists during their postgraduate studies and its impact on their current practice. Aim: To evaluate the quality of PT and its ef...

A BSTRACT Background Breast cancer patients report difficulties with concentration, multi-tasking, and memory. Cognitive dysfunction can impact the quality of life by affecting activities of daily living, treatment compliance, interpersonal relationships, and profession. Aims The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the cognitive f...

Two-year experience of ITOP-STEPS scholarship program

Depression is a common mood disorder characterized by persistent sadness and loss of interest. Research suggests an association between the inclusion of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet and a reduced risk for depression. The present study evaluated the effectiveness of omega-3 fatty acid supplements in alleviating depressive symptoms in patients wit...

Introduction COVID-19 has led to an increase in burden on health-care workers. Postgraduate residents are at the forefront of the pandemic. Understanding its impact and the perspectives of postgraduate residents could provide better solutions to their problems. Objectives 1. To assess the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on postgradua...

Depression is a prevalent mental health condition treated with antidepressants and other psychotropic medications. This study aimed to assess the utilization pattern of antidepressants among patients visiting the outpatient clinic of the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital. The study included the patients who visited the study site an...

Background Disorders of mental health are known to affect cognitive functions, hence called as cognitive disorders. Impaired glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, vitamin-D deficiency and oxidative stress are some of the key early events reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of most common cognitive disorders, which include Alzheimer’s dise...

Background: Geriatric psychiatry has yet to receive its due recognition in India. There is increasing evidence of a rise in morbidity, mortality, hospitalization, and loss of functional status related to common mental disorders in the elderly patients. Collaborative care approach, including a clinical pharmacist, is one of the possible approaches...

Medical education in India is undergoing a landmark transformation under the National Medical Commission implementing competency-based medical education (CBME). The CBME approach intends to ensure that medical graduates acquire the competencies needed to fulfill the health needs of the patient and society. This outcome-based approach shifts the foc...

Accurate evaluations and assessments are of prime importance for maintaining the standard of medical training. Traditionally, the battery of assessment tools used as summative and formative assessment’s purpose. But, having an assessment tool of precision is a challenge yet to meet in medical training, especially in psychiatry. The need for an alte...

Art of Teaching Sexual Medicine to Medical Students

India has one of the largest numbers of doctors in the world. It is estimated that more than 1 million doctors are in India. Every year more than 80,000 medical students graduate as doctors from 529 medical colleges in India. Medical profession is considered as more stressful, but mental health is still a subject of taboo in medical profession in...

Background: Medical postgraduates are exposed to more time in patient care and thereby higher stress. Personality is one of the important factors associated with stress. Studies exist in profiling personality traits and also assessing stress in medical professionals. However, in India, to the best of our knowledge, there are only few studies linkin...

Essentials of psychiatry in dermatology and aesthetic practice will indeed add value to the everyday practice. The entire book is conceptualized in manner that professionals should find it easy to use the information in enhancing comprehensive services. More than two dozen well know professionals across India have joined hands to make this book use...

The Medical Council of India (MCI)/NMC recently rolled out the new module on pandemic management,with the intention to train Indian medical graduates to tackle the situation of a pandemic. While this is a welcome step, it is indeed a matter of great concern and disappointment that mental health component has been neglected. The forward of the draft...

According to the World Health Organization by 2030, depression will be the leading cause of global burden of diseases ahead of all health conditions. Depression is an emerging global epidemic with over 350 million people affected. Suicide is a major concern in depression and is also the leading cause of death in Indian youths.India with a populatio...

India is the second largest country by population with 1.35 billion people, and adolescents constitute about 21%. The prevalence rates of depression among adolescents range from 3% among school‑going adolescents to 11.2% in school dropouts in India. Studies have found a significant association between depression and obesity in adolescents. Obesity...

The relationship between human and animal is prehistoric. Pets play an important role in the well‑being of a person. The bond between human and pet is in many ways similar to parent‑child bond. Pets are considered as the providers of unconditional love and support to people who face difficulty to cope up. Hence, pet therapy in mental health is gain...

In relation to the article, “community-based interventions for adolescent psychosexual health: The use of life skills training approaches in sexuality education,” by Sheila Ramaswamy and Shekhar Seshadri, brings into focus an important area in the Indian context. Developing and bringing out a manual intended to be used among adolescents not only in...

Vitiligo is a common acquired, idiopathic, heritable depigmentary disorder of the skin and or mucous membranes, characterized by depigmented macules of varying sizes and shapes. It is a major social and cosmetic concern in India. Vitiligo is the most common pigmentary disorder involving complex interaction of the environmental and genetic factors t...

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic is engulfing the world and the deaths are on the rise, 517,337 as per the WHO on July 3, 2020.The whole world is taking all possible measures to prevent the spread of this highly contagious virus. There are serious concerns raised in India about a large vulnerable population, gaps in health care and...

Background: Sleep disturbance is a common but unrecognized problem in adolescents. Light emitting electronic devices negatively influence sleep quality, leading to reduced alertness, increased fatigue, compromised daytime functioning and impaired mood. Aims: The current study aimed to assess the impact of screen viewing on sleep duration, sleep qua...

Depression is common in multiple sclerosis. The prevalence of depression in multiple sclerosis ranges from 19% to 54% depending on the population sample & diagnostic criteria used. Etiologic factors for increasing the prevalence of depression in a demyelinating disease can be both biological and psychosocial and female sex, age< 35 years, family hi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significantly increased levels of stress at the community, at the families and at the individual level. Policy measures have been formulated to address and limit the spread of infection. These measures may have led heightened vigilance, issue of isolation, limited access to basic necessities and financial stress, a...

In the middle of COVID-19 crisis in India and the psychological impact on millions of peoples, is it time to reconsider psychiatry training for Indian medical graduate under the new competency-based curriculum? India has one of the highest numbers of medical colleges in the world and also has over a million doctors, including MBBS graduates working...

Undergraduate medical research has the potential to make valuable and unique contributions to the field of medicine. However, in today's times, undergraduate (UG) research forms a negligible part of the overall research output of any medical college. There are several reasons for this low participation-unavailability of guidance, lack of awareness...

The COVID-19 pandemic has unearthed a great deal of challenges all over the world, none perhaps more demanding than on the medical fraternity, which is pushing itself to its limits. As medical students just entering the fray, and as the future of medicine in India, how does this unique situation impact you? What does it mean for medical education a...

The COVID19 pandemic is an unprecedented disaster. In India, the spread of COVID19 infection and the subsequent lockdown coincided with a crucial period of the annual examination in almost all educational institutions. The pandemic has created hurdles in the conduct of examination due to many reasons, some of which are spread of infection and assoc...

A 35 year old male agriculturist residing in rural area, married and has family with two children, living in a extended nuclear family presented to the emergency in the night with complaints of shaking of hands and body, and hearing voices since 1 day, fatigue since 4 days consumption of alcohol since 8 days, sadness for the last 10-12 weeks. The...

The world Health Organization (WHO) has designated the novel coronavirus outbreak (COVID19) as a pandemic. It is estimated that 125 million to 250 million people in India will be affected and 70% of humanity is likely to be infected within 1 year. The psychological impact can be from stress or economic‐socio‐occupational disruption, and people may...

In the middle of COVID-19 crisis in India and the psychological impact on millions of peoples, is it time to reconsider psychiatry training for Indian medical graduate under the new competency-based curriculum? India has one of the highest numbers of medical colleges in the world and also has over a million doctors, including MBBS graduates working...

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has rapidly escalated into a global pandemic which leads to declaration of national health emergency in several countries and is having a profound impact on private health-care systems globally including India in unprecedented manner. Howev...

A 43 year old male patient from rural area, educated up to Pre-university, electronic technician by profession, married and living with his wife and two children, reported to the psychiatry outpatient department complaints of tiredness for 3-4 weeks, feeling worried, fearful about having a corona infection even without any contact or symptoms. The...

Background: In India, there is a large gap between the mental health morbidity in society and the availability of psychiatrists. However, the latest Indian undergraduate medical curriculum does not require any competency in psychiatry to be fulfilled for certification of medical graduates as doctors. Thus, the role of Indian psychiatry teachers is...

207 crucial in effective implementation of curriculum. Training of psychiatric teachers should happen at state and zonal level in a periodic manner. Within the next 3 years, at least one-third faculty members of psychiatry at Indian medical institutions should be trained in the teaching-learning methodologies that are specific to psychiatry. Guidel...

We are in the midst of an unprecedented phase in the history of medical education: lecture classes and clinical postings cancelled, exams postponed and undergraduate students asked to be at home There is uncertainty over when things are going to return to earlier routines. Under the circumstances it is suggested that the medical students could adop...

Emotional well-being is a state of positive mental health where the individual is able to handle his emotions and all life activities. He understands his emotions, learns, and copes with all the negative situations, achieves, and finds a positive emotional state which finally leads to success. Covid-19 is a disease caused by newly discovered novel...

Background and Objective: Medical education is undergoing a seminal change with respect to curriculum as well as teaching methods, with students in tune with the current developments in the technology and seeking newer techniques to learn medicine. The rapid pace of progression of medical science, and the breadth and depth of material to be learned...

Postgraduate residents in psychiatry will have a lot of new and possibly confronting experiences, and it is during these times that they might look towards a guidance book that can offer insight into the common challenges faced by a postgraduate, especially real-life experiences from people who have transcended similar situations. There is, there...

The Postgraduate in Psychiatry should know ABC of Psychiatry and this multiauthored book provides information on all aspect of Psychiatry PG training and beyond

Background: India has one of the largest health-care systems in the world, and caregivers play an important role in assisting the patients in seeking services, supporting the patient during treatment and also in recovery, as there is a culturally determined emphasis on kinship obligations, with families playing a prominent role in all decisions reg...

The aim of this study is to initiate the Pharmacist-Psychiatrist collaborative patient education in ambulatory care settings. A prospective cohort study was conducted in psychiatry out-patient department of a tertiary care teaching hospital over a period of six months. All the eligible patients were enrolled, and the necessary information was colle...

India has one of the largest numbers of doctors in the world. It is estimated that more than 1Million doctors are in India. Every year more than 60,000 medical students graduate as doctors from 474 Medical colleges in India. Karnataka state alone contributes more than 8000 doctors to medical registry annually. The medical curriculum hardly incorpor...

Background The role of psychological comorbidities in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a common condition, still remains incompletely understood. Depression may intensify the symptoms and lower quality of life in these patients. In this study, we looked at the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in reliev...

Under-reporting of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is rampant in India, despite which India has the highest number of CSA cases in the world, the ramifications of which are enormous. Other than the obvious reasons of stigma and fear of the perpetrator, multiple other factors come into play, such as attitudes and responses of guardians, which themselves pr...

Background: Sleep deprivation has a deleterious effect on recovery in postoperative patients as it can lead to potentially dangerous side effects. The stress of poor sleep along with surgical stress can lead to increased sympathetic activity, which causes increase in catabolic processes, wakefulness, postoperative fatigue, hemodynamic instability,...