Understanding Psychiatry Part 5: Principles of psychiatric prescription
This is the fifth and final segment in our journey to understand psychiatry with Dr Sucheta Tiwari. In this article, we will examine the principles…
Understanding Psychiatry Part 4: Taking Psychotropic Medication
Previous articles in the series on Understanding Psychiatry with Dr Sucheta Tiwari include a discussion of how to identify the need for help, the differences…
Understanding Psychiatry Part 3: First visit to a psychiatrist & what to expect
In the previous articles, we talked about identifying the need for help, and the difference between a psychiatrist, neurologist and clinical psychologist. In this segment…
Understanding Psychiatry Part 2: Psychologist, Psychiatrist or Neurologist?
Once we realize we need to seek help, we will likely encounter three primary types mental health professionals – a neurologist, a psychiatrist or a clinical…
Understanding Psychiatry Part 1: Identifying the need for help
This is the first of a five part series – Understanding Psychiatry, where we speak with Dr Sucheta Tiwari, a psychiatry resident and public health expert.…
Loving a Parent with Mental Illness: Through Pinto’s Em & the Big Hoom
Can love be enough? This question lies at the heart of Em and the Big Hoom, a work of autobiographical fiction by Jerry Pinto. Set…
Volunteering at Hombelaku, a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Centre
“Go upstairs,” he said, looking at me intently, searchingly. I stared back at him, puzzled. “I need to go out,” I said, hoping he would…
Dad, Death and all His Friends: Conversations with Schizophrenia
I have been thinking railway tracks. That’s too messy. And what an annoying pain in the backside, not only for the family, but also the general…
We’re not mad, you and I, just broken: Finding the right bandaid
‘YOU HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DRINKING, YOUNG LADY. I HAVE SEEN HOW THESE THINGS RUIN YOUR LIFE!’ I sat across this thundering man, wondering…
The “dirty habit” of homosexuality: He came for a cure
Almost a year ago, Ali* had walked in with his elder brother looking a little nervous, with a hint of guilt in his expressions. His…
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