HIGH YIELD POINT FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE 2015

HIGH YIELD POINT FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE 2015

VARIOUS  ACTS -FOR FORENSIC MEDICINE

  • The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971(Amend 1975)
  • The Narcotic Drugs & 1985 Psychotropic Substance Act
  • Consumer Protection Act 1986
  • Mental Health Act 1987
  • Organs Transplantation of Human Act 1994

  • Prenatal Diagnostic Technique 1994(Amend in 2000). Punishment
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HIGH YIELD POINT FOR PSYCHIATRY 2015

HIGH YIELD POINT FOR PSYCHIATRY 2015

Neurexin is responsible for synaptic transmission. It is implicated in autism.

Disorders oF perception-

Illusion- Sensory distortions

Hallucination- No stimulus; Clear, vivid, 3D; Insight is absent; No voluntary control; Objective space*

Auditory hallucination → Psychiatric disorder (typical of schizophrenia, may also be seen in depression)

Visual hallucination → Organic disorder

Olfactory hallucination → Temporal lobe epilepsy

Pseudo-hallucination-

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HIGH YIELD POINT FOR MICROBIOLOGY 2015

HIGH YIELD POINT FOR MICROBIOLOGY 2015

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. It also causes chronic pulmonary infection mimicking TUBERCULOSIS. The other principal form of B. pseudomallei infection is skin ulceration with associated lymphangitis and regional lyphadenopathy. Spread from the lungs or skin, which is most often documented in debilitated individuals give rise to septicemic forms of meliodosis that carry a high mortality rate. H1N1 influenza–> Read More !

GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 2015

 GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY 2015

general Pharmacology – the study of the effects of drugs on the body. However, given the broad nature of this subject area, pharmacology includes a number of subdisciplines:

Neuropharmacology – the subdiscipline devoted to the study of the effects of drugs on cells of the nervous system.

Psychopharmacology – the subdiscipline devoted to the study of the effects of drugs on psychological processes and behavior.

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