It is crucial to root out stigma and discriminatory behaviour linked to coronavirus disease and death and restore emotional connection and compassion to build a stronger community to fight the crisis together, writes psychotherapist H'vovi Bhagwagar.
What happens to us when we watch a movie of the “Pre-COVID times” where people are jostling in a metro, or crowding supermarkets or hugging to greet each other? Doesn’t our brain automatically say, “Hey that’s wrong!” What earlier seemed so natural…
This webinar held on 30th March, 2020 was an informative session with Dr Sapan C Pandya on how patients who are living with a rheumatological conditions can manage their condition during this current pandemic and lockdown period. Are people with Rheumatic diseases more vulnerable than others to the COVID infection? There is no evidence that people who have immunosuppressant diseases will get the corona virus infection more than others. They may be more susceptible for complications once they…
Dr Wadia helps patients with Neurological Conditions and their primary family caregivers navigate this Covid-19 lockdown period with expert advice on managing emergencies and complications. Click on the video link below to view the webinar recording. Let’s discuss the major challenges patients may face during this COVID pandemic: Identification and management of neurological emergencies, so you know when to avoid unnecessary trips to the hospital. Emergency scenarios will include Stroke…
A webinar with Dr. Piya Ballani Thakkar, consultant endocrinologist and diabetelogist was held on 3rd April 2020 for all patients who are living with Diabetes. It address several questions on what people with this condition can and should do during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown period. Click on the video link below to listen to the entire webinar. How is COVID different from other viruses? We know that this is a respiratory virus which has a high transmission rate i.e. it travels faster…
On 27th March, 2020 PatientsEngage spoke with Dr. Vinay Deshmane, Consultant in Surgical Oncology & Breast Diseases and Medical Director and Jnt. Hon secretary of the Indian Cancer Society on the challenges faced by cancer patients during the lockdown period. Here are the key points from the webinar. Click here to listen to the entire webinar. Cancer treatment should be continued in consultation with your Oncologist because cessation of…
As part of our series of staying safe and healthy and preventing emergencies during Covid-19 pandemic related restrictions, we announce our next webinar for patients of Heart Failure and Heart Transplants. Join us on Thursday 30th April, 11am IST as we speak with the experts below Dr. Anvay Mulay, Director, Heart Transplantation and Advanced Cardiac Surgery, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai and Rishi Gangoly, Heart Transplant recipient You can…
Emotional Resilience for Persons with Disabilities and persons with chronic conditions with Clinical and Rehabilitation Psychologist Divya Parashar. This was in the context of the COVID pandemic but there are lessons in there for all times. We talked about What is emotional resilience Anxieties faced by people with disabilities What is psychological resilience What makes people resilient How to build psychological resilience Effects of suspension of therapy due to covid How to overcome…
Psychotherapist H'vovi Bhagwagar points out that today an increasing number of Indian men are feeling the pressure of gender role strain and need to be motivated to seek help for mental health issues. These issues are likely to be accentuated during the covid19 pandemic, the lockdown and the economic downturn. The stigma associated with therapy is a global phenomenon, and for a very long time it was believed that therapy was only for the very disturbed, poverty-ridden, drug addicts and the…
Sleep disorders may make a person more vulnerable to psychiatric illnesses, intensify the severity of the symptoms points out Dr Nileena N.K.M, Specialist in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine, and stresses the importance of better sleep for better life. Plus Tips For Good Sleep. What is the correlation between mental health and sleep? Sleep and mental health go very much hand in hand in our day to day life. Many of the psychiatric illnesses are seen to be associated with sleep complaints and…
