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DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY IN PATIENTS WITH BREAST CANCER: AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY Santosh1, Prashant Srivastava2 & Krishan Kumar3 1Ph.D Scholar, Department of Psychology, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Civil Hospital, Karnal, Haryana. 2Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Kalpana Chawla Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Karnal. 3Assistant Professor (Clinical Psychology), Department of Psychiatry,

PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT AS A PREDICTOR OF SOCIAL AND OCCUPATIONAL FUNCTIONING- A STUDY ON PERSONS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA Pomi Mahanta1, Indrajeet Banerjee2 & Sonia P. Deuri3 1PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health, (Govt. Of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare), Tezpur, Assam. 2Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social

TRIBAL AND NON TRIBAL ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENTAL ILLNESS Sarathi Hembram1 & Manisha Kiran2 1Psychiatric Social Worker, Mental Health Institute, Center of Excellence, SCBMCH, Cuttack, Odisha. 2Associate Prof. and Head, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Ranchi Institute of Neuropsychiatry and allied sciences (RINPAS) Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Correspondence: Sarathi Hembram, e-mail: sarathikumari@gmail.com ABSTRACT Background: The mentally ill are

PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PERCEIVED SOCIAL SUPPORT IN MOTHER OF DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Swati Kumari1, Vikas Kumar2 & Manisha Kiran3 1 2Ph.D. Scholar (PSW) Department of PSW, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand. 3Head of Department & Associate Professor Department of PSW, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand. Correspondence: Vikas Kumar, e- mail- vikas.jaiswal206@gmail.com ABSTRACT Background: Having

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