Dr. Anirban Datta

06/07/2025

Broken family:
• Parents have separated or divorced due to disharmony/family conflict/war/chronic illness/addiction etc
• Death has occurred of one or both parents and children become orphan
• Consequence: Separation from parents can have an negative impact on child development in physical, social and mental health as the family support is lost or partial. The children from the broken families sometimes have psychopathic behaviour, immature personality, retardation of growth, speech and intellect. They often become the victim of crime, prostitution and vagrancy.

24/06/2025

It's time to think how mindful we remain at present and at task, when there are so many distractions. Due to this clustering of our mind our cognitive capabilities are deteriorating. Results are:

~Decrease in concentration and reduced attention span
~Reduced organisation skills
~Difficulties in retention

These all problems can give rise to a plethora of Mental health issues.

19/06/2025

Alzheimer's, the often overlooked disease in elderly effects a significant proportion of elderly population.

The symptoms noted are:
~Word finding difficulties and remembering names
~Decrease in processing speed (taking more time than previous to understand something)
~Decrease in executive function and organisational skills (problem solving abilities and avoidance of difficult problems and situations)
~Difficulties in remembering and learning recent events
~Rigidity in personality
~Irritation and pre occupation with limited topics of interest

Cognitive rehabilitation and medical treatment can help improve quality of life

07/06/2025

It's Migraine and Headaches awareness month. Often it has been reported that pain killers or NSAIDS are sold from pharmacies as over the counter drugs for headaches. Apart from having its own side effects from overusage like gastric problems and effecting Kidney function, these medicines are not effective to prevent the headaches and gradually the medicines also show reduced response. The frequency and severity of headaches keep on increasing. There are several types of headaches out of which Migraine and Tension type headaches are most commonly encountered.

There are certain triggers which can cause headaches like dehydration,warm weather, bright lights and loud sounds, worries and stress.

If the frequency and severity of headaches keep on increasing even after avoiding the triggers prophylactic treatment (preventive) has to be considered.

31/05/2025

28/05/2025

With ease of search with keywords it has become increasingly common especially with the help of AI to look for a diagnosis for the symptoms we are suffering from. But most of the time people are self diagnosing themselves with irrelevant and ominous diseases, not to mention the trendy ones. It takes rigorous training for a doctor to be qualified for making a diagnosis. It's good to be aware of health issues but over diagnosis can be a problem, leading to doctor shopping and getting highly anxious. In many cases people also start self treating themselves which can be dangerous with repeated requests for various investigations including the invasive ones.

This particular condition has been included in DSM as Illness Anxiety Disorder which requires proper evaluation and treatment

Consultant Mental health,De Addiction specialist & PsychoTherapist

23/03/2025

09/03/2025

Consultant Mental health,De Addiction specialist & PsychoTherapist