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Local Knowledge and Perceptions about Mental Health Care Service Delivery System: Focused Group Discussions in Suri District Hospital of West Bengal Soma Saha1 & Kumkum Bhattacharya2 1Associate Professor in Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Psychiatry – A Centre of Excellence, Kolkata, West Bengal. 2Professor and Head of The Department, Department of Social Work, Palli Samgathana […]

A STUDY ON NARCISSISM AND EGO IMPAIRMENT INDICATORS IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION Shuvabrata Poddar1 & Nilanjana Sanyal2 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol, WB, 2 Retired Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, WB Correspondence: Shuvahrata Poddar, e-mail- shuvabrata.poddar@gmail.com ABSTRACT The concept of ‘Borderline Personality Organisation’ was introduced by Otto

THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK OF MENTAL HEALTH Abhijeet Singh1, Arif Ali2, Ibanlumlin Deingdoh3 & Nilesh Maruti Gujar4 1,4 Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi, Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur (Assam). 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi, Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur (Assam). 3M.Phil, Department of

A CLINICAL CASE STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL WITH OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) ABSTRACT Background: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a severe and debilitating anxiety disorder with a lifetime prevalence of 0.6% in Indian population. It is twice as prevalent as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and the fourth most common psychiatric disorder. Aim: The present study aims

EARLY ONSET OF SCHIZOPHRENIA: A CASE STUDY OF HIGH GENETIC LOADING IN THE FAMILY OF ORIGIN AND PROCREATION ABSTRACT Family plays a very important role in the promotion of one’s mental wellbeing. Often times, it is found that individual with a high family psychopathology are more at risk of developing mental illness Early exposure to

EFFECTS OF MEDICAL LITIGATION ON SOCIETY ABSTRACT Medico legal problems in India are gaining more and more importance. Society as whole is always guided by certain ethic and it is so in case of health care providers as well. Medical profession, through the ages, was believed to be the noblest one as it demands great

PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AND EGO RESILIENCE IN SCHOOL GOING ADOLESCENTS: A GENDER BASED STUDY ABSTRACT Background – Adolescence stage is a confused stage. At this stage for adolescent there is need of detachment from parents but on the other side there is also a challenge to be independent from parents. Person’s physical and mental health

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLECUAL FUCTIONING, FAMILY BURDEN AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF PARENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT, MUZAFFARPUR, BIHAR ABSTRACT Background: Parents who have children with intellectual disabilities are often reported to have physical and psychological distress related to caring for their children, thus affecting their quality of life. Parents or care-givers are definitely the heart of

Quality of life, Hardiness and Self-esteem of Employed & Non-Employed Females: A Comparative Study ABSTRACT Background: Traditional gender roles which viewed male as breadwinner and female as homemaker have changed over the time and there has been an increase in families headed by two working spouses and support to this notion keeps increasing. Aim: Present

INTERACTION PATTERNS IN THE FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUAL WITH CANNABIS DEPENDENCE ABSTRACT Background: Cannabis dependency is often due to prolonged and increasing use of the drug. Increasing the strength of the cannabis taken and an increasing use of more effective methods of delivery often increase the progression of cannabis dependency. Interaction pattern in a family has