Dr. Kshitij Nair
@KshitijNair
MD Psychiatry, SJH New Delhi. Senior Resident, AIIMS Nagpur. Cats over Dogs. Both over small talk. Art is what makes life worth living. MH - DL - KL
Since counselling is around the block, here is a list of Pros and Cons regarding Psychiatry as a branch. This is only my personal opinion of course, feel free to add or disagree! Pros: 1) Never gets boring, each individual case is unique enough that you never fall into a system…
This is the question I ask any child who wants my opinion on whether they should take up a medical career - do you love the act of studying? Reasons such as wanting to help others, wanting to earn, interest in biology - all of these can be easily achieved by pursuing things…
ask a medico what he/she is doing and it’ll be- i am studying i am planning to study i am regretting cuz i didn’t study pure black and white; nothing in grey zone
My NYT oped: 1)What RFK doesn't know about Autism is everything 2)Vaccines didn't cause 60X increase in rates during last 30 yrs 3)DSM-IV did- thru looser definitions 4)Also pushed by internet/need for school services 5)Many harms from careless diagnosis nytimes.com/2025/06/23/opi…
"Die Hard" hero Bruce Willis can no longer speak, read, or walk. He may not even remember his acting days. He’s battling Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) — a lesser-known but devastating brain condition. It doesn’t start with memory loss. It begins with something we often ignore:…
Consider WHY this may be so. Science has always been a boys club, medicine doubly so, surgery triply so. Any lady who is currently the HoD of a department has had to fight through a cesspool of harassment, insults, constant second guessing , constant whispers, and has…
That's true In Medical College you know the particular Department is cool and fine in all aspects if a Man is the HOD A woman HOD will make life hell for the staff as well as students and would make the department environment toxic (though some exceptions are there in both the…
An unfortunately common practice I see as a psychiatrist in India – a married woman is sent to her parents house every time she has a relapse. Almost like a return to the manufacturer for repairs – no matter how long they've been married or how many children they have – "send her…
For all those who think Psychiatric illnesses are a modern malady, here's a list of deaths in London circa 1632: "Grief, Lethargie, Lunatique, and Made away themselves" #MedX #psych
Causes of death in London in 1632 🪦💀 - what stands out here?
Mr R, a 32-year-old software developer with well-controlled idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE), walked in my OPD today complaining: My hands have been shaking for two months—I can’t sign cheques or hold my coffee. It’s embarrassing and my coding speed has tanked. We should…
The sheer number of ad hominem attacks in response to me calling out an ad hominem attack speaks volumes about the IQ of the people supporting this trash response 😂
Peak bullshit response - not addressed a single claim made by him but going around his google reviews and raising a hue and cry about it. Why don't you search for the term 'ad hominem' while loitering on Google, you seem to have plenty of free time anyway, may as well learn…
Exactly. The "belief" in modern medicine shouldn't be confused with faith. This belief comes after rigorous testing, retesting, and continuous monitoring even after that – this is the standard we stick to before prescribing anything to another human being. The opposition to…
To scientifically test the hypothesis if chanting has any medical value. Randomly assign surgery to A) surgery without chanting B) surgery with chanting Control confounders. If there is a statistically significant difference in outcomes I will insist on chanting.
It's a bit rich of Ayurved & Homeopathy practitioners to complain about Evidence based Medicine Drs critiquing ayurved & homeopathy practices. These ayurveds & homeopaths have been criticising & misrepresenting Evidence based Medicine for decades. With absolutely no evidence.
The unfortunate truth of the era we are living in is that science as a whole has reached a point where it looks like magic to the common man. The sheer amount of biological, chemical, mathematical genius that it takes to understand how a drug works and how we decide to…
Hello, Vidit. I am not a fan of chess, but you are an important person for our country and I did not mean to offend your family. I am sure they are good people. I was stating plain facts from a professional standpoint and I do not mince my words. You may call that ego or…
Commuting to work (a 10 min journey) on a rainy day listening to classical music as usual, was a revelation of sorts for me today. I was stressed about an upcoming interview and was mindlessly finding patterns in the weather, the music – this is my favourite type of weather,…
I always had a negative attitude towards Addiction Medicine - almost all patients would inevitably relapse and it would feel hopeless. However, working with a senior who sub-specialised in addiction changed my perspective entirely - I learnt that my focus on the end goal of…
This argument has been made ad nauseum. Public healthcare is bad so private healthcare practitioners should take on the load. Why isn't this argument made for literally any other profession? Bridges and roads are bad - ask pvt players to do it for cheaper. I feel this stems…
And let’s not even start on the corruption in many government hospitals—funds pocketed by heathcare workers, administration and politicians, medicines sold off, VIPs getting the best facilities while the public waits in line just to get a bed. Yeah right.
Seeing these three makes me emotional. Idk about other subjects and teachers as I've used only @marrow_med - but watching these 3 in my internship was an absolute life-changer. Books are important, no doubt, I've used mostly standard texts through MBBS - but these three showed…
graduating from the marrow college of medicine
More physicians need to be aware of this disorder, especially in women. Many are quick to refer to psych citing ?conversion/anxiety Have treated many patients sent to me with this exact same picture. The old adage of the eyes not seeing what the mind doesn't know holds true!…
“The Woman Who Couldn’t Properly Sleep for 4 Years” Mallika, a 40-year-old schoolteacher from Bidar in Karnataka, had quietly endured a strange and persistent discomfort in her legs for nearly four years. It wasn’t pain exactly—but an urge, a crawling sensation, a deep…
Came to an Asian speciality restaurant and they have a cocktail called "Agent Orange" 💀💀 #Vietnam