District Mental Health Program- Muzaffarnagar

22/01/2024

Jai Shri Ram

10/10/2022

24/05/2021

World Schizophrenia Day 24 th May
Schizophrenia is a type of psychiaric disorder, characterised by gross impairment in personality, touch with reality, reduced self care and reduced achievements. Like any other illness there is a spectrum of severity of illness, which ranges from almost unrecognisable symptoms to severely disabling symptoms.

Early symptoms -
Change in personality of person,
self absorbed behaviour,
reduced social interaction,
self talking, odd beliefs,
over religious beliefs,
impulsive behaviour,
reduced self care,
suspiciousness,
unexplained mood changes.

It affects approx 1 percent of world's population. Roughly there are 10 million persons suffering from schizophrenia in India. This illness can affects anyone irrespective of socioeconomic status, religion, ethnicity and gender. In males the usual age of onset is adolescent to 20 years of age and in females from 20-35 years.
Early diagnosis and treatment under professional guidance can eleminate the impact of this illness from person's life. Now we have number of treatment options available, ranging from medications to brain stimulation techniques. Selection of treatment stretegy depends on the severity of illness, response to previous treatment and informed selection of treatment option by patient / attendents.
Stigma is inevitable with psychiaric illnesses but awareness along with accessibility, reduces the chances of delay in diagnosis and treatment.

Dr Arpan Jain, MBBS, MD, MIAPP
Muzaffarnagar

20/05/2021

Quit smoking
The harms of to***co use are well-established. To***co causes 8 million deaths every year and when the news came out that smokers were more likely to develop severe disease with COVID-19 compared to non-smokers, it triggered millions of smokers to want to quit to***co. Quitting can be challenging, especially with the added social and economic stress that have come as a result of the pandemic. Of the 1.3 billion to***co users globally, 60% have expressed the desire to quit – but only 30% have access to the tools to help them to do so successfully. Now in Muzaffarnagar qualified team of DMHP is available for professional help.