Obsessive compulsive disorder is a mental health condition that can be distressing and many a time embarrassing to the person suffering. OCD has 2 aspects – Obsessions and Compulsions. People suffering from OCD may have only obsessions or compulsions or have both.
Wernicke’s Korsakoff syndrome is a brain disorder which is caused by a deficiency of the Vitamin known as Thiamine. Vitamin B 1. It usually happens in people with heavy and long-term alcohol abuse. It can also happen in other conditions which leads to loss of Vitamin B1.
Psychosis is defined as a condition where a person hears sounds and voices that are not present (hallucinations) and believes things that are untrue (delusions).
Alcohol dependence is defined as a strong and uncontrollable urge for alcohol and is often concerning since it can put the person’s mental and physical health at risk and will need medical input.
Both men and women should not exceed more than 14 units of alcohol per week. They must not drink all of this at one go and must have some alcohol-free days in a week.
Harmful use of alcohol is a term that is used by World Health Organization (WHO) in the ICD 10 which is a classification system for diseases. It is a term when alcohol causes harm to physical or mental health. Sometimes social health is also affected but social health alone is not required to call it harmful use.
Caring for a family member with dementia can be not only a stressful but also an emotional journey. It is important to take regular breaks and look after one’s own health too.
At Chennai Minds you will have a detailed and thorough assessment for dementia starting with a clinical history, physical examination, memory tests, lab tests for blood and an MRI scan.
How many types of dementia exist? It is thought that there are over several 100 types of dementias. However, some forms of dementias are more common than others. All types of dementias get progressively worse over time. Depending on areas of the brain affected, some people classify dementias as cortical and sub cortical, this really…
This is second in the series of blogs on dementia . The main cause of dementia is a condition known as Alzheimer’s disease which causes about 70% of dementia. Dementia due to Alzheimer’s occurs as a result of some protein deposits in the brain that cause death of our brain cells.
