Aatman Psychiatry Clinic - Dr. Prashant Gohil

Are you also dealing with anxiety, depression, anger issues, phobia and other such mental health issues post Covid ? You are not alone. There are a number of people who are reporting mental health issues post their recovery and mental health experts are advising people to work on healthy lifestyle as well as treatment including psychotherapy and medications. Recently a study at the Oregon State University (OSU) in the US found that Covid-19 patients had about 25 percent increased risk of developing a psychiatric disorder in the four months following their infection, compared with people who had other types of respiratory tract infections. The finding was published in the journal World Psychiatry. “People are coming to us developing various kinds of psychiatric issues mainly anxiety and phobia within a month or two having covid infection” says Dr Prashant Gohil, Consultant Psychiatrist, Ahmedabad. The most common psychiatric disorders which were seen are anxiety disorder, phobia, depres...

Mental health issues in adults usually starts before the age of 18. There are significant number of psychiatric health disorders in children. ADHD is considered as second most common psychiatric disorder of childhood. About one third of children are described by their parents as overactive and 5 to 20% of school children are also described by teachers being hyperactive. ADHD is the term that is most commonly used and comes from DSM 5 criteria where symptoms need to be present from main categories of inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. What causes ADHD? ADHD can be caused by both genetic and non-genetic factors however there is much evidence which suggests that abnormalities of neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex and subcortical structures. Neurodevelopmental impairment or delay are usually found in children with hyperkinetic disorder. This can be due to birth complications and it can also occur as consequence of severe traumatic brain injury.  Neuroimaging studies ha...

Hallucinations and Delusions, both are predominant symptoms of Psychosis. They both can overlap and they do in most of the cases of Schizophrenia . However, there is significant difference in symptomatology in both of them. What is hallucination? Hallucination is false perception in the absence of external stimulus. Hallucinations are generally indications of significant psychiatric disorder. They can be described in terms of complexity and sensory modality. What is delusion? Delusion is false, firm, fixed belief that is firmly held on inadequate grounds and patient continues to believe it despite giving evidence to the contrary. It is not influenced by person’s educational, cultural and religious background.  What are the types of hallucinations? The term elementary hallucination refers to experiences like banging, whistles, flash of light etc. While complex hallucination refers to hearing of voices or music, seeing faces etc. Auditory hallucinations are experiences as noises, mus...