Many believe that psychiatry is not real; it’s a
pseudoscience, trash, and a make belief science, it’s all about
hypnotism etc. However, psychiatry is a medical science of a different
order that deals with the mind and its intrinsic and complicated nature.
Many mental disorders or illness often having an effect on the mind as
well as the body can be treated by a psychiatrist. Insomnia, anxiety
disorder, panic disorder, abnormally high pressure moods, various
personality disorders etc are some of the common cases under
psychiatry. Mental health professionals and staff thrive across
the globe. Psychiatric counselling has helped patients a great deal in
coming out of depressions, rectifying personality disorders, correcting
insomnia etc. Aids Phobia is common among a large number of people.
Possessing little or lack of knowledge about HIV, and misinformed about
Aids, people panic and suffer from mental and physical aspects. There are
many such psychic disorders and phobias, schizophrenic cases, nervous
disorders that require the expertise of a psychiatrist to deal with
these. Â Anorexia is a very common psychological disorder
and more so in today’s young girls.  Anorexia is a mental disorder
where a person stops eating or eats less for fear of getting fat.
Eventually such habit leads to a loss of appetite. The concept of hour
glass figure is a growing trend among today’s young girls and it has
had disastrous effects on the body and mind. Anorexia nervosa is one of
the most common psychiatric disorders among young women. 1% of all
teenage girls suffer from the condition, while for boys it is 0.1%. The
disease has physical side effects like infertility among women.
Like Anorexia, other common mental disorders include hallucination,
depression, headache, fatigue, anxiety, confusion, erratic behaviour,
hearing voices, and weight loss.
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Psychiatry deals with what’s inside the head. And what’s inside
the head is a result of some chemical imbalance which did not happen one
fine day. The way people think, their beliefs, their culture and the
experience, situations in life and a lot of other things tend to shape up
their psyche, their thought pattern which might at moments or for a long
time be seriously challenged due to circumstances. A psychiatrist through
mental counselling and dosage of medicine try to revive the balance in
the mind. The function of psychiatric treatment is to open the closed
mind of the patient. The closed mindedness is what harms the patient who
then undergoes tremendous depression, leading to symptoms of regular
psychological disorder. Schizophrenia is another common serious
psychotic disorder and a consistent challenge in the field of psychiatry
from a long time. It is an abnormal perception of reality that affects
all five senses- sight, touch, smell, hearing, and touch. Hallucinations,
bizarre delusions, abnormality in speech and disorganized thinking
pattern, multiple and split personality traits, paranoia are common
behavioral patterns among schizophrenic patients. People with
schizophrenia usually suffer from major depression and anxiety disorders.
Substance abuse including hard drugs remains a common problem. Social
problems, such as unemployment, poverty and homelessness, are common. The
average life expectancy of people with schizophrenia is about 10 years
less than those without. One major reason behind this is the high
suicidal rate among schizophrenics. Although not hereditary,
Schizophrenia tends to run in families. Delusion is another very
common psychological disorder. People can have various degrees of
delusions. In such cases, the patient holds on to his own idea about
something even if it is wrong. The person might become so disillusioned,
that he would not budge from his viewpoint even if presented with the
correct facts. A person might believe that some conspiracy is going on
behind his back. This might happen in workplace or at home. This leads to
unrest, abnormal behavior, and rash reactions if the degree of delusion
becomes high. Sometimes the patient’s beliefs get out of proportion and
he might think of himself as Napoleon or Hitler or anyone else. Such
short and long term delusions are common case studies in psychiatry.
Visual and/or auditory hallucinations must have had happened to
everyone but the difference between normal and abnormal lies in the
frequency of such hallucinations. People see things that are not there,
or hear a voice as if someone called them. For people suffering from
hallucinations, it happens often. Drug abuse is one reason for
hallucination, where the treatment of drug abuse is more important than
dealing with hallucination. For those hallucinating to a great extent
without the help of any psychotic substance, psychological counselling
and mild steroids and prescribed medicines work wonders. The
Department of Psychiatry in Vydehi Hospital provides exemplary clinical
care, consultation services and treatment, both to inpatients and
outpatients, along with crisis and emergency services. The department is
devoted to the optimal recovery of patients suffering from psychiatric
problems. The department has state of the art equipments for various
therapies namely Biofeedback Therapy Relaxation therapy, Multi Behaviour
therapy, Brain Polariser Sex Therapy, Aversion Therapy, Electro-Sleep
Therapy, Electro-convulsive therapy. A different department deals with
psychological issues and cases. The psychiatric services empower
individuals to change their lives in a positive manner.