Women with mental illness seeking conception counselling at a specialist perinatal psychiatry service in India.

Aims: To study the clinical and sociodemographic profile of women with mental illness seeking conception counselling at perinatal psychiatry service. To compare women seeking preconception counselling (PCC) to that of those who sought help after unplanned pregnancy with exposure (UPE) to psychotropics.

Material And Methods: Data was extracted from the clinical records of women between the year 2014-2017 who attended perinatal outpatient services.

Tolerance of transcranial direct current stimulation in psychiatric disorders: An analysis of 2000+ sessions.

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive, neuromodulatory technique, is being increasingly applied to several psychiatric disorders. In this study, we describe the side-effect profile of repeated tDCS sessions (N = 2005) that were administered to 171 patients (156 adults and 15 adolescents) with different psychiatric disorders [schizophrenia [N = 109], obsessive-compulsive disorder [N = 28], alcohol dependence syndrome [N = 13], mild cognitive impairment [N = 10], depression [N = 6], dementia [N = 2] and other disorders [N = 3]]. tDCS was administered at a constant current strength of 2 mA with additional ramp-up and ramp-down phase of 20 s each at the beginning and end of the session, respectively.

More anxious than depressed: prevalence and correlates in a 15-nation study of anxiety disorders in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Anxiety disorder, one of the highly disabling, prevalent and common mental disorders, is known to be more prevalent in persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) than the general population, and the comorbid presence of anxiety disorders is known to have an impact on the diabetes outcome and the quality of life. However, the information on the type of anxiety disorder and its prevalence in persons with T2DM is limited.

Aims: To assess the prevalence and correlates of anxiety disorder in people with type 2 diabetes in different countries.