mood dys-regulation disorder: Diagnosis and Management

Professor Dr. Heba El Shehawi,Professor of Child Psychiatry,,Institute of Psychiatry,Ain Shams University,Egypt. She is giving a full lecture about mood dysregulation disorders among children, diagnosis and management. Professor Heba has a full clinical experience in the field and she is running a daily child psychiatry clinic managing different disorder.

Evolution of the brain: Psychiatrist and Mind

Professor Ahmed Okasha, gives a full lecture about psychiatry, mind and the brain. Evolution of the human brain from psychiatric point of view. Lecture is mostly in arabic for everyone working in the field of psychiatry, psychology , medicine and anthropology as well. It is a global view , comparative , analyzing and critical thinking. […]

Schizophrenia

‘Positive’ and ‘negative’ symptoms Who develops schizophrenia? When people first become unwell Diagnosis Treatment and support Peer support and self management Physical health problems A new name for schizophrenia? ‘Positive’ and ‘negative’ symptoms People who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia at times experience the symptoms of psychosis – delusions, hallucinations and muddled thinking. Mental health […]

Psychotic depression

What is psychotic depression? Some people who have severe clinical depression (sometimes called major depressive disorder) experience hallucinations and delusions. They are said to have psychotic depression. People who have severe clinical depression are in a depressed mood most of the day, practically every day, and can lose interest in almost everything. Mental health professionals […]

Improve your study skills

Nobody said that raising an adolescent was easy, and schooling one is even more of a challenge! Parents are taking on a lot of school responsibility, and let’s face it — things are different than they used to be. How are parents supposed to know how to handle the homework load without some guidance? Take […]

آلام الظهر و غضروف الفقرات القطنية

  تعالى نكتب العلاج     اتعود تشد القامة و تكون وقفتك مشدودة   والمشي كمان صح .. مفرود     اتعود تشيل صح     اتعود تجلس صح         في الجلسات الطويلة ارجع للوراء ..كالطائرة و العمل احترس من السقوط   ممكن تنام كده الألم هيقل جدا اعمل تمارين للضهر   […]

Maslow Hierarchy for self actualization –هرمية ماسلو لتحقيق الذات –

 وضع ابراهام ماسلو نظرية ارتقاء و نمو النفس الى تحقيق الذات و لم يضع تعريفا دقيقا لتحقيق الذات و لكنه للتبسيط و على وجه العموم هو ان  تصل لمرحلة تبسط فيها رأيك و فكرتك في الوقت الذي تراه بالشكل الذي تراه أمام من تراه  و و تدافع عن فكرتك وتضحى من أجلها و و تبذل الغالي […]

The Latest Antidepressants:

“Must Know” Information About Vilazodone (Viibryd®), Levomilnacipran (Fetzima®), Vortioxetine (Brintellix®), recently introduced, has a specific action improves cognitive functions. It should be titrated 5 ,10 , 15 and 20 mg at morning time for sometimes intolerable nausea. ! amphetamine like action. and Lurasidone (Latuda®)

Is it Psychiatric illness or an overactive thyroid?

Millions of people have an overactive thyroid gland. Many don’t know it. This condition, known as hyperthyroidism, occurs more often in women than in men. Since the thyroid gland controls the body’s metabolism, an overactive thyroid puts the body into overdrive. Some of the signs and symptoms of an overactive thyroid include: Heat intolerance. A […]

sub-typing of depression in clinical settings

Dr. Adel Serag is a senior consultant psychiatrist in Fakeeh hospital and Senior Consultant and fellow of psychiatry , Institute of psychiatry, Ain Shams University. A review lecture about the sub-typing of depression and how this will affect positively in clinical description and hence probably the medication. The lecture was given April 2015 during 11th […]

Prof. Koen Demyttenare, Placebo Vs. SSRIs ..What is beyond?

Prof. Koen Demyttenare MD, PhD University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven Leuvene, Belgium He is academic Chair of the Universiy of psychaitric Center KU leuven and head of the research group of psychiaty in the is the the University Psychiatric Center Leuven. He has written numerous articles, particularly on the role of positive emotions in depression.  Mechanism […]

4 Easy Ways to Organize Content For E-Learning

4 Easy Ways to Organize Content For E-Learning Say you’re designing an e-learning course and you’ve got all of your content pulled together and ready to go. You’ve sifted through your materials and you’ve sorted the “nice to know” from the “need to know”. Now, you’re ready to start laying out the content in your […]

Psychiatric mnemonics: sexual issues

  Impotence causes PLANE: Psychogenic: performance anxiety Libido: decreased with androgen deficiency, drugs Autonomic neuropathy: impede blood flow redirection Nitric oxide deficiency: impaired synthesis, decreased blood pressure Erectile reserve: can’t maintain an erection     Male erectile dysfunction (MED): biological causes MED: Medicines(propranalol, methyldopa, SSRI, etc.) Ethanol Diabetes mellitus       Male Erectile Dysfunction (MED): drugs […]

Psychiatric Mnemonics in Depression

Psychiatry Mnemonics Psychiatry Mnemonics                       Reinforcement schedules: variable ratio SLOT machines show SLOwesTextinction.     Depression: major episode DSM-IV criteria · First, of course depressed mood is one. Then: SIG E CAPS: Sleep disturbance Interest loss Guilt (or intense worthlessness) Energy loss Concentration loss Appetite changes Psychomotor agitation or […]

Tips and Hints on depression

Challenging and diagnosis of depression, a brief words selected from a full lecture given by professor Dr. Ahmed Saad , March 2014 in Jeddah SA Professor Ahmed Saad, is a professor of Psychiatry, faculty of medicine , Ain Shams University,Cairo, Egypt. At the present time He is a Senior Consultant Psychiatrist , Erfan Hospital in […]