Indian wives bring sex out of closet- interesting findings

Indian wives bring sex out of closet


http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=41487

SOURAV SANYAL

Posted: Feb 02, 2005 at 1158 hrs IST

Sex and the Indian woman. There no stopping her now... A study on female sexuality by Chandigarh-based PGI’s psychiatry department has shown that Indian women seem to be discarding conventionally repressive standards of sexual behaviour for a more fulfilling marital life.

The findings, to be forwarded to the US-based Archives of Sexual Behaviour for publication, revealed that 66 pc of respondents admitted to pleasure from sexual experience while an astounding 95 pc said both partners were satisfied with sex lives. Conducted by doctors at PGI last year, the study covered hundreds of married women — mostly in the lower income bracket — in the 20-40 age bracket who had been married and staying continuously with spouses for the last three months; the department had obtained informed consent from them. The sample comprised mainly housewives (84 pc) followed by professionals (nine per cent), clerks (four per cent) and students (three per cent) with the majority having a family income of less than Rs 6,000. All subjects had heterosexual orientation. A majority of respondents (62 pc), with significantly higher sexual knowledge and attitude, were able to communicate sexual desires to their partners. Those who denied any anxiety or inhibition while performing sex and those (58 pc) who initiated the act had significantly better sex knowledge. The Indian woman is no longer hidden behind the purdah,’’ said Dr Jhirwal. Explaining the need for the study, Jhirwal, one of the investigators, said: ‘‘Female sexual health is often considered a taboo in Indian families. Scientific research on sexuality in India is almost exclusively focused on male sex disorders. There is a need to develop insight into female sexual functioning.’’ The study also examined the relationship of sexual knowledge and attitudes with sexual functioning with an aim to identify disorders. It was conducted using the ‘Brief Index of Sexual Functioning for Women’ which assesses areas such as frequency of sexual behaviour, fantasy, masturbation, satisfaction, preferences, anxiety, performance difficulties and the oft-quoted ‘Sex Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire’. An overwhelming 96 pc of the subjects considered sex an important aspect of life. While vaginal intercourse was the desired sexual behaviour for 56 pc women, 47 pc desired kissing, 42 pc foreplay, 29 pc mutual masturbation and seven per cent oral sex. Orgasmic pleasure was perceived from intercourse in 84 pc cases while 15 pc experienced it during foreplay as compared to 11 per cent who enjoyed it during mutual masturbation.

Examination stress and children...........

A news story appeared in Hindustan daily on 'examination stress'
http://www.livehindustan.com/news/edu/news/article1-board-exams-269-269-313268.html

किताब खोलते ही नींद आना बन रहा मुसीबत

इंस्टीटय़ूट ऑफ हृयुमन बिहेव्यिर एंड एलायड साइंस के मनोचिकित्सक डॉ. ओमप्रकाश कहते हैं कि सही मायने में देखा जाए तो परीक्षा के लिए साल भर मेहनत जरूरी है।

तनाव की समस्या लेकर आने वाले अधिकांश छात्र ऐसे होते हैं जिन्होंने समय पर पाठय़क्रम पूरा नहीं किया या फिर जो पढ़ाई में पीछे रह गए। हालांकि 20 प्रतिशत बच्चे ऐसे भी हैं तो बेहतर प्रदर्शन को लेकर आश्वस्त हैं, लेकिन वह टॉप कैसे करें। बच्चों के साथ ही परीक्षा के लिए अभिभावकों की काउंसलिंग भी जरूरी है।


 

The age of rage- News story from The Telegraph India

The age of rage

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130224/jsp/7days/story_16599405.jsp#.USmaL_Spu_8.blogger

A news story appeared in Telegraph India regarding anabolic steroids

Ramesh takes anabolic steroids — synthetic derivatives of the hormone testosterone — and doctors believe that Avinash was prescribed the drugs by a quack after an illness. Research has shown that in some people — especially those with a family history of psychotic illnesses — steroid drugs can trigger aggression. “This seems to have happened in the case of Avinash,” says Om Prakash, associate professor of psychiatry at IHBAS.

 

Roid rage — which arises from the use of anabolic steroids — could have led to South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius killing his girlfriend. Reena Martins on the way the consumption of the substance is bringing about aggressive behaviour closer home

Ramesh doesn’t like strays. The 30-something doctor from Mumbai kicks street dogs whenever he sees them. His violence is not limited to dogs. One day, he beat up a constable who stopped him from crossing a green light because the traffic was being blocked for a minister’s car. “I’d beat up my wife, family members, neighbours and even my patients if they annoyed me,” he says. Avinash, 21, surprised his family when he suddenly started pelting his neighbours with stones. His worried parents admitted the boy from western Uttar Pradesh to the Institute of Human Behavioural and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), New Delhi. Ramesh and Avinash have something in common with Oscar Pistorius, the South African double amputee track star, who was released on bail on Friday after being jailed for allegedly killing his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, in his mansion in Pretoria. On the night of the shooting, Pistorius, or Blade Runner as he was popularly called, was said to have been in the possession of anabolic steroids. Ramesh takes anabolic steroids — synthetic derivatives of the hormone testosterone — and doctors believe that Avinash was prescribed the drugs by a quack after an illness. Research has shown that in some people — especially those with a family history of psychotic illnesses — steroid drugs can trigger aggression. “This seems to have happened in the case of Avinash,” says Om Prakash, associate professor of psychiatry at IHBAS.

Alcohol and its impact on mental health

Alcohol adversely affects mental health of addict too

Dr Om Prakash, consultant in adult & geriatric psychiatry at Institute of Human Behavior & Allied Sciences, says, “Alcohol is a depressant and depresses the brain neuron, causes memory impairment and confusion which eventually result in psychosis including anxious and paranoid behaviour.

http://www.drugtodayno1.com/dtmtArticle_feb_14.php

 

Rape patient..........society rapes everyday

http://www.livehindustan.com/news/location/rajwarkhabre/article1-story-0-0-290800.html

एक बार आरोपी तो हर बार समाज करता है रेप 

A news story published in Hindustan Hindi daily

 

 मनोचिकित्सक डॉ. ओमप्रकाश ने बताया कि बलात्कार की शिकार लड़कियों के लिए अब तक सामाजिक नजरिया नहीं बदल पाया है। यही कारण है कि काउंसलिंग के लिए आने वाली एक भी लड़की का अभी तक विवाह तक नहीं हो पाया, कई बार तो लड़की का जीवन सुधारने के लिए माता पिता खुद इस हादसे को छिपा जाते हैं। पोस्ट रेप सिंड्रोम में अकसर पीड़िता कई तरह के मानसिक रोग का शिकार हो जाती है, जिससे कभी नहीं उबर पाती, इसमें हिस्टीरिया, ऑबेशन या फिर फोबिया प्रमुख है।


नई दिल्ली, वरिष्ठ संवाददाता। बलात्कार में एक बार पीड़ित लड़की उस समय के शारीरिक और मानसिक आघात को ङोलती है, जबकि बलात्कार के बाद का एक उत्पीड़न उसे समाज द्वारा मिलता है। दिलशाद गार्डन स्थित मानव व्यवहार और सहबद्ध संस्थान में बलात्कार की शिकार ऐसी चार पीड़ित लड़कियों की काउंसलिंग की जा रही है, जो अब तक समाज की मुख्यधारा से नहीं जुड़ पाई है।

 

 

Depression an important diagnosis in cardiac patients

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956243/

 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2956243/pdf/IJPsy-43-335.pdf

Indian J Psychiatry. 2001 Oct-Dec; 43(4): 335–339.

PMCID: PMC2956243

PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING CARDIAC OPD

Ashok Goyal, M.M. Bhojak, K.K. Verma,^* Ashok Singhal, O.P. Jhirwal, and Maneesh Bhojak

ASHOK GOYAL, Post Graduate Student, Department of Psychiatry, SP Medical College, Bikaner-334003.

M.M. BHOJAK, M.D., Professor & Head. Department of Psychiatry, Post Graduate Student, Department of Psychiatry, SP Medical College, Bikaner-334003.

^*K.K. VERMA, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, A-2,Hospital Campus, Opposite Cancer Hospital.

ASHOK SINGHAL, MD., DPM., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, A-2,Hospital Campus, Opposite Cancer Hospital.

O.P. JHIRWAL, Post Graduate Student, Department of Psychiatry, SP Medical College, Bikaner-334003.

MANEESH BHOJAK, M.B.B.S., Research Scholar, Department of Psychiatry, SP Medical College, Bikaner-334003.

^*Correspondence

 

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Abstract

One hundred patients were selected from the cardiology outpatient department by non-probability purposive method. Each patient was evaluated by a psychiatrist and a consultant cardiologist The informations were recorded in a self designed proforma. The Hindi version of Goldberg′s General Health Questionnaire and modified adjective check list for type A and type B personality characteristics were administered. Seventy five percent of the patients were having psychiatric problems. The cardiac patients were having psychiatric problems. The cardiac patients were having predominantly type A personality characteristics. Panic disorder was the predominant diagnosis in the psychiatric patients and depression was the main diagnosis in cardiac patients. These patients presented with complaints of chest pain, palpitation, ghabarahat, weakness, increased sweating, hot and cold flushes, choking, breathlessness, decreased appetite.etc.in cardiac OPD.

Inhalant abuse increasing among Indian adolescents

http://www.indianjmedsci.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5359;year=2004;volume=58;issue=6;spage=245;epage=249;aulast=Basu

Indian J Med Sci. 2004 Jun;58(6):245-9.

Inhalant abuse by adolescents: a new challenge for Indian physicians.

Basu D, Jhirwal OP, Singh J, Kumar S, Mattoo SK.

Abstract

Inhalant abuse has been commonly reported especially in the young during the last decades globally. The reason for the relative paucity of literature from India may be attributed to a lack of knowledge about this growing problem among health professionals. A series of five cases of inhalant abuse is described in order to understand this growing public health concern. Most of the cases started inhalant abuse during adolescence. All patients except one abused typewriter erasing fluid and thinner which contains toluene. All the patients reported using inhalants as addictive substance because of their easy accessibility, cheap price, their faster onset of action and the regular 'high' that it provided. Whereas several features of inhalant dependence were fulfilled, no physical withdrawal signs were observed. The diagnosis of inhalant abuse can be difficult and relies almost entirely on clinical judgment. Treatment is generally supportive.