"Suffocating antipsychotics": Tardive laryngeal dystonia reported with risperidone Dr. Shivi Kataria12 July 2021 4:45 AM GMTTardive dystonia (TDt) is a rare but life-threatening complication, estimated to occur in 1%-4.0% of patients on antipsychotic medications. Although co...
Young man develops hypersexuality after Use of Aripiprazole: Rare case reported Dr. Shivi Kataria9 July 2021 5:00 AM GMTMany antipsychotics have sexual side effects by virtue of their dopamine receptor antagonism, which increase prolactin levels and decreases in libido. ...
Videogames promote aggressive behaviors among children and adolescents, says APA Dr Satabdi Saha17 Jun 2021 5:13 AM GMTAccording to recent findings presented during the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, held virtually from May 1 to 3, 2021, videogames...
Hindawi case report highlights the complexities of Body dysmorphic disorder. Dr. Shivi Kataria14 Jun 2021 4:58 AM GMTBody dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric condition in which a patient is concerned about their physical features such that they feel deformed,...
Agitation, amnesia and a unique case of dissociation Dr. Shivi Kataria1 Jun 2021 3:15 AM GMTDissociation is a disconnection between a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of who he or she is. It has a lifetime prevalence...
The great psychiatric impersonator: viral encephalitis. Dr. Shivi Kataria20 May 2021 3:30 AM GMTViral encephalitis often presents with severe illness, headache, fever, behavioral changes, altered level of consciousness, and focal neurologic...
Epilepsy manifests as unusual sugar craving in an ADHD patient, Hindawi case report. Dr. Shivi Kataria14 May 2021 3:30 AM GMTSeizure symptoms can vary widely in patients. A relatively rare but serious comorbidity in epilepsy is represented by psychiatric disorders....
Rare case of Afebrile Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome with clozapine, a report Dr. Shivi Kataria11 May 2021 4:45 PM GMTNeuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS) associated with the use of first-generation antipsychotics is a widely known phenomenon. This idiosyncratic reacti...
"Betrayed by her own senses"- Patient has misperceptions of smell and taste due to an antidepressant. Dr. Shivi Kataria5 May 2021 5:08 PM GMTDysosmia and dysgeusia are misperceptions of innocuous smell and taste stimuli, respectively, which can be very troublesome for patients. Development o...
Case report of successful Asenapine use in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Dr. Shivi Kataria27 April 2021 11:24 PM GMTDopamine supersensitivity psychosis (DSP) frequently arises with long-term antipsychotic treatment and accounts for a significant proportion of treatme...
Psychiatric turmoil following Tamoxifen use in Bipolar patient- A case report. Dr. Shivi Kataria20 April 2021 1:30 AM GMTTamoxifen is a selective estrogenic receptor modulator (SERM) drug. In addition to its common use in breast cancer ER+, Tamoxifen has been object of gr...
Facing the Dread of a Demon- Incubus Syndrome case report Dr. Shivi Kataria17 April 2021 2:09 AM GMTIncubus syndrome is usually noticed in patients with schizophrenia or along with other delusions in a delusional disorder. But patients having incubus ...
