NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP?
EVERYBODY DOES AT SOME POINT OF TIME OR OTHER.
BUT VERY FEW ACTUALLY VISIT A PSYCHIATRIC CLINIC FOR THOROUGH EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT.
THE REASONS FOR THIS ARE MULTIPLE AND VARIED.
WHATEVER THOSE EXCUSES COULD BE,NOW YOU HAVE THE OPPURTUNITY TO CONSULT A PSYCHIATRIST.
VISIT DR ALAN NOW FOR ALL YOUR QUERRIES RELATED TO MENTAL HEALTH AND MAKE YOUR LIFE STRESS FREE AND PLEASANT.
MYTH-1 - MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A REAL ILLNESS.
1] PHYSICAL ILLNESS ARE REAL-THERE ARE ORGANS INVOLVED, eg-LIVER KIDNEY,HEART,ETC
THESE ORGANS ARE FUNCTIONING IMPROPERLY CAUSING THE ILLNESS AND TREATMENT EITHER MEDICAL OR SURGICAL TREATS THE CONCERNED DISORDER.
2] MENTAL ILLNESS ON THE OTHER HAND ARE VAGUE ,NO ORGAN IS INVOLVED AND THE PERSON NEEDS TO CHANGE HIS THINKING HIMSELF TO GET OUT OF IT.
FACT-MENTAL DISORDERS ARE AS REAL AS THEIR PHYSICAL COUNTERPARTS.
THE ORGAN INVOLVED IS THE BRAIN-NEUROTRANSMITTER DISTURBANCES ARE BEHIND 90 PERCENT MENTAL DISORDERS AND THEY CAN BE WELL TREATED WITH A COMBINATION OF PHARMACOTHERAPY,BEHAVIOUR THERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.
THEY CAN NOT BE TREATED BY SIMPLY ASKING THE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT TO THINK POSITIVELY OR CHANGING HIS THOUGHTS-IT IS LIKE ASKING A STROKE PATIENT TO TREAT HIMSELF BY MOVING THE AFFECTED EXTREMITIES!
MYTH-2 - ONCE A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT; ALWAYS A PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT.
MOST MENTAL DISORDERS ARE EPISODIC-THEY COME AND GO.THEY ARE MOST TROUBLESOME WHEN ONE IS FACING SEVERE STRESS.THE STRESS COULD EITHER BE REAL OR PERCIEVED STRESS. ONE`S THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOUR ARE DETERMINED TO A LARGE EXTENT DURING THAT PERIOD BY THE ILLNESS. BUT ONCE YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE ILLNESS, YOU ARE BACK TO YOUR REAL SELF AND CAN ENJOY YOUR SHARE OF LIFE.
MYTH3 - MENTAL PATIENTS ARE PSYCHOLOGICALLY WEAK.
PSYCHOLOGICAL WEAKNESS AND BAD PARENTING, THOUGH OFTEN BLAMED FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IS RARELY THE ETIOLOGY FOR MENTAL DISORDERS.IT IS LIKE CALLING A PERSON PHYSICALLY WEAK BECAUSE HE HAS COMMON COLD.
THE ETIOLOGY BEHIND MOST IF NOT ALL PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IS SIMPLE AND PRECISE-
NEUROTRANSMITTER IMBALANCE, NOTHING ELSE.
TO TREAT THE DISORDER, ALL THAT A PSYCHIATRIST DOES IS TO CORRECT THE BALANCE.
THIS REQUIRES HIM TO PRECISELY DIAGNOSE WHAT NEUROTRANSMITTORS ARE AFFECTED, TO WHAT EXTENT AND HOW DOES HE/SHE PLAN TO CORRECT THEM.
MYTHS REGARDING MENTAL ILLNESS
THE PROFFESSION OF PSYCHIATRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY MYTHS WHICH COLOUR THE COMMON MAN`S PERCEPTION OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
THESE MYTHS ARE :-
1) RAMPANT-WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE FROM VILLAGES TO METROPOLITIAN TOWNS.
2)RIGIDLY HELD BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE REPEATED SO VERY OFTEN IN ROUTINE CONVERSATIONS.
DESPITE THIS,IT IS PRUDENT TO REMEMBER THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT THAT THEY ARE STILL MYTHS AND FAR AWAY FROM REALITY AND THE REAL FACTS ARE QUITE CONTRADICTORY TO THES MYTHS.
When do you need help?
The right time to seek psychiatric help is when :-
1)You are not comfortable with yourself in facing a few or most life situations.
2)You or your friends and family members observe changes in your thoughts,behaviour or emotions.
3)You experience significant distress in dealing with day to day activities.
4)Your mental condition prohibits you from discharging your duties adequately towards yourself,your family or your occupation.
5)You are already visiting a psychiatrist or psychologist and still not satisfied with your progress.