{"title":"Eros Unleashed: A Case Series of Cariprazine-induced Hypersexuality.","authors":"Souganya Vijayan, Arun Selvaraj, Dhivagar Sekar","doi":"10.1177/02537176251323573","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176251323573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"02537176251323573"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11920976/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143669793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study Protocol for Development and Validation of an Indian Instrument for Severity of Sensory Reactivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.","authors":"Rajeev Ranjan, Muskan Sinha, Shamshad Ahmad, Pankaj Kumar, Smita N Deshpande, Rajshekhar Bipeta","doi":"10.1177/02537176251323595","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176251323595","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit atypical responses to sensory stimuli. These sensory and perceptual issues persist as hyper-, hypo-, or atypical sensory reactivity that impacts their daily activities. The present protocol describes a method for developing a locally relevant and simple instrument for identifying and estimating the severity of sensory reactivity in children with ASD.</p><p><strong>Novelty: </strong>Employing a consultative approach, the authors aim to develop and validate an Indian instrument to assess sensory reactivity in children with ASD.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To gather insights from parents and experts about sensory reactivity patterns in children with ASD and to use this information to create and validate a culturally relevant tool for measuring the severity of sensory reactivity in these children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study will be conducted in two phases following an exploratory sequential mixed-method design. In the first phase, data will be collected through in-depth interviews of parents of children with ASD and focused group discussions with the experts. The collected data will be used to identify different themes and domains related to sensory reactivity. A questionnaire will be developed based on their inputs. In the second phase, the instrument will be analyzed further using exploratory factor analysis to obtain the factor structure and confirmatory factor analysis to test the factor structure of the developed instrument.</p><p><strong>Expected outcome: </strong>A simple, reliable, and validated severity instrument will be developed for children with ASD and made accessible to all for convenient use.</p>","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"392-398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11915230/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143663580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skills from a 79-year-old Essay on Politics by Orwell Applied to Scientific Writing.","authors":"Swarna Buddha Nayok, Suhas Satish","doi":"10.1177/02537176251321790","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251321790","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"02537176251321790"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907486/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143648463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Admission Pattern After Half a Decade of Implementation of MHCA, 2017: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern India.","authors":"Darshanam Veerendra, Prasanna Kumar Neredumilli, Shiva Shanker Reddy Mukku","doi":"10.1177/02537176251323561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251323561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Many laws and acts related to mental health play a vital role in delivery of mental health services for persons with mental illness (PMI). In India, the Mental Health Act of 1987 (MHA, 1987) was replaced with the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 (MHCA, 2017). However, there were numerous barriers and challenges in the proper implementation of the Act, and there is a paucity of research on the extent of implementation of the new Act. This study assessed the admission patterns of PMI admitted during the transition phase from MHA, 1987 to MHCA, 2017.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective chart review was done on admissions through the Hon'ble Magistrate's orders and mentally ill prisoners at a tertiary care psychiatric hospital in first four years (2018-2022) after MHCA enactment. Details regarding the admission, legal variables, and clinical variables were taken from case records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study included 354 patients, including 222 (62.7%) admissions through the Hon'ble Magistrate's orders and 132 (37.3%) mentally ill prisoners. Paranoid schizophrenia (<i>n</i> = 162, 52.9%) was the most common diagnosis and modified electroconvulsive therapy was given to 36% (<i>n</i> = 120) of patients. Total 115 (52%) patients were admitted under MHA, 1987, and 38 (17%) were admitted under MHCA, 2017, and no Act was mentioned in the case of 68 patients (30.6%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study highlights the extent of change in admissions of PMI after MHCA, 2017 enactment and sheds light on probable barriers for delay in the proper implementation of the Act. Our study emphasized the need for awareness about MHCA for all stakeholders as adherence to the proper procedure is necessary while admitting patients in closed wards and prison wards of the psychiatric facility.</p>","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"02537176251323561"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907490/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143648457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Examination of the Factor Structure of the Jefferson Scale for Physician Empathy (JSPE) in Indian Clinicians.","authors":"Abhinav Chichra, Akhil Abhijnhan, Prathap Tharyan","doi":"10.1177/02537176251323853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251323853","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"02537176251323853"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11907580/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143648459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recurrent Acuphagia in a Patient with Schizophrenia: A Case Report.","authors":"Sandeep Grover, Namita Sharma, Sankie B Swer, Jayanta Samanta, Kumar Rajani Kant","doi":"10.1177/02537176251321378","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176251321378","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"02537176251321378"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11877454/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143566990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on \"Development and Validation of Hospital Mental Health Screen to Detect Psychiatric Morbidity in Medically Ill Patients in India\".","authors":"Roshan Lal Dewangan, Prasanta Kumar Roy","doi":"10.1177/02537176241308936","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176241308936","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"201-202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11752135/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143028768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reply to the Comments on \"Development and Validation of Hospital Mental Health Screen to Detect Psychiatric Morbidity in Medically Ill Patients in India\".","authors":"Roshan Sutar, Anuja Lahiri, Anindo Majumdar, Santosh K Chaturvedi, Manoj Sharma","doi":"10.1177/02537176241308943","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176241308943","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"203-204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11744603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004680","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Reconsideration of Small Sample Studies and Absence of Equipoise as Ethical Issues in Research.","authors":"Chittaranjan Andrade","doi":"10.1177/02537176241310814","DOIUrl":"10.1177/02537176241310814","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In studies such as randomized controlled trials (RCTs), ethical requirements, inter alia, are that the study should be powered to detect the smallest clinically significant difference between treatments, and that the treatment groups should be in equipoise at the start of the trial. This article provides examples of circumstances where small sample, potentially underpowered studies may be justifiable, and where RCTs of treatments that are not in equipoise may be considered appropriate. The concepts presented may be extendable from RCTs to other study designs, as well.</p>","PeriodicalId":13476,"journal":{"name":"Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"187-189"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11744584/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143004622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}