Psychiatry & Psychology
Shantiraj Hospital Pvt Ltd Udaipur is backed by a multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists and psychologists. The Team provides guidance and support to geriatric patients, distressed patients coping with infertility, Morbid Obesity, diabetes, cancer, pre and post surgery trauma.
Depression
Depression is classified as a mood disorder. Depression can be described as feelings of anger, loneliness, sadness, frustration that are bound to interfere with a person’s routine activities. Depression is experienced by people in different ways. It can also result in chronic health conditions and can also worsen health issues like obesity, cancer, artritis, ashtama etc.
Post traumatic stress disorder
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a mental health condition that is triggered by an unpleasant and/or terrifying event. Individuals undergoing PTSD experience severe anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares and uncontrollable thoughts about the event. In some cases, people undergo self-destructive behaviour as a coping mechanism.
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder or OCD is a result of a pattern of unwanted thoughts and fears viz. obsessions that follow up repeated behaviours -compulsions. These thoughts or urges are repetitive, unwanted and persistent that tend to cause anxiety. Compulsions are unwanted behaviours or responses to obsessive thoughts. Despite the efforts to get rid of these unwanted urges, they tend to come back leading to the vicious circle of OCD.
Acute stress reaction
An acute stress reaction occurs when symptoms develop that tend to come and flow rather than staying constant. These symptoms can last upto 3 days post having a traumatic experience. Symptoms can be anxiety, anger, grief, flashback, intrusive reexperiencing, depression, withdrawal and disassociation. These symptoms develop quickly but don’t last long.
Addiction Medicine
Addiction leads to usage of substances or behaviors that are compulsive and harmful. Addiction Medicine is concerned with prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of people who do unhealthy intake of substances like alcohol, prescription medications, licit/illicit drugs. Addiction Medicine is also concerned with persons diagnosed with disease of addictions involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics and experiences.
Anxiety disorders
Anxiety is the brain’s way of reacting to stress and alerting potential danger. It’s normal to an extent. Excessive anxiety is what turns it into mental illness that causes constant fear and worry. These fears are intense and disturbing. Anxiety disorders can be generalized anxiety disorders, social anxiety disorder, phobias, separation anxiety disorder. Excessive anxiety involves panic attacks, going numb, insomnia, hyperventilation and having an urge to avoid/run away from things/situations.
Generalized anxiety disorder
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is described as continuous and excessive stress about things. People with GAD anticipate events and excessively worry about it. They find it difficult to control their anxiety. They are uncontrollably overly concerned when it comes to common occurrences or situations.
Panic disorder
Panic disorder causes panic attacks. Panic attacks are sudden feelings of experiencing terror even when there is no real danger. Recurring panic attacks lead to panic disorder. The individual experiences symptoms like racing heart, sweating, trembling and difficulty in breathing.
Phobias / Social anxiety disorder
Social phobia or social anxiety disorder is a type of anxiety disorder that causes extreme fear in social scenarios. People having social anxiety disorder fear being judged or criticised by others. They have a constant fear of being humiliated. People having social anxiety disorder have trouble talking to people, meeting new people and around social gatherings which also leads to having low self esteem, negative thoughts, depression, escaping situations involving interaction.