Case Studies

Mania Induced by Opipramol

Authors: Kazhungil Firoz, Asfia Khaleel, Rajmohan V, Manoj Kumar, Raghuram TM Abstract: Antidepressants have propensity to induce manic switch in patients with bipolar disorder. Opipramol is an atypical anxiolytic and antidepressant drug which predominantly acts on sigma receptors. Although structurally resembles tricyclic antidepressant imipramine it does not have inhibitory action on the reuptake of norepinephrine/serotonin […]

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Childhood Disintegrative Disorder

Asfia Khaleel,Firoz. K,Manoj Kumar,Rajmohan V.,Raguram T. M. Abstract Childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD), also known as Heller’s syndrome or disintegrative psychosis, is a rare condition characterized by marked regression in multiple areas of development after several years of normal development. Estimated prevalence of childhood disintegrative disorder is around 0.11 to 0.64 per 10,000 children. The present

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Prevalence and socio-demographic and clinical correlation of migraine in depressive disorder – A cross-sectional study

Krishnadas N C1, Fazal Ghafoor P A2,*, Asfia Khaleel3, Rajmohan Velayudhan4, Raghuram T M5 1Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, 3Consultant, Dept. of Psychiatry, Apollo Group of Hospitals, Bangalore, 4,5Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna, Kerala, India Introduction: Studies have shown an association between migraine and psychiatric

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Fetishistic Transvestism in a Patient with Mental Retardation and Psychosis

Authors : Rajmohan Velayudhan, Asfia Khaleel, Nideesh Sankar, Manoj Kumar, Firoz Kazhungil, Thazhe Mangool Raghuram INTRODUCTION Fetishistic transvestism is a disorder of sexual preference associated with fantasies and sexual urges to dress in opposite gender clothing as a means of arousal and as an adjunct to masturbation and coitus. The disorder has been reported in

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