Understanding and managing school refusal in children and adolescents

School refusal is a common problem observed in children in India and elsewhere. It is a serious problem because it usually poses significant and adverse consequences. Unfortunately, it is not often seen as such. Short-te...

Interns’ posting in psychiatry-A window of opportunity

Non suicidal self-injury

Self-injury without or without the intent of ending one’s life has been reported frequently in literature. The act of self-injury has been referred to by a plethora of terms like para suicide, suicidal attempt, deliberat...

A study of gender differences in psychiatric patients with attempted suicide

Background: Various studies have attributed gender based differences of suicidal behaviour to various socio-demographic factors; however there is need to study of the various clinical factors associated with gender based...

Psycho-social profile of school going children involved in any form of bullying

Introduction Bullying is intentional repeated negative behavior by one or more persons directed against a person who cant defend himherself Over all prevalence of bullying in Indian schools in previous studies is 53Bully...