What Is Perinatal Psychiatry? Why It Matters More Than You Think
One in five Indian mothers develops postpartum depression. Postpartum psychosis is a psychiatric emergency. Perinatal OCD is not psychosis. Here is what perinatal psychiatry actually covers, why it matters, and what treatment looks like.
Stopping Antidepressants Safely: What Is Deprescribing and How Is It Done?
Up to 70% of patients with depression and anxiety in India are co-prescribed a benzodiazepine. Yet very little clinical attention goes to how and when to stop psychiatric medications. A psychiatrist explains what deprescribing is, why stopping antidepressants like venlafaxine is genuinely difficult, and how hyperbolic tapering changes outcomes.
Serotonergic Psychedelics as Antidepressants: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Psilocybin has re-entered psychiatric research with serious RCT data behind it. A psychiatrist reviews what the evidence actually shows — the neurobiology, the clinical trials, why some effect sizes are inflated, and why this is neither a miracle treatment nor a fringe idea.