Abstract

I would agree with Pease & Brown ( Psychiatric Bulletin , December 2006, 30 , 463) that parrots are probably not suitable for health centres, not because of confidentiality problems but because they can be noisy and it is unfair to keep them constantly caged. When parrots breach confidentiality it

Highlights

  • A survey carried out in the out-patient psychiatry clinic at the North Colombo teaching hospital found that 25.5% of psychiatric patients had used herbal medication at some point

  • A longer duration of psychiatric illness was related to the greater use of herbal medication

  • Admission of smokers with mental illness to smoke-free psychiatric units may lead to behavioural deterioration, but some evidence refutes this argument

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This certainly does not differ in patients with psychiatric illnesses. Herbal remedies are sought for symptoms of depression, phobias and other psychiatric disorders. Most people obtain these herbal remedies from small shops in villages and towns. A majority of patients who used herbal remedies were not aware that there can be harmful interactions with other medications. Use of herbal remedies as alternative medication may contribute to a delay in seeking treatment. Patients may prefer to use herbal remedies, which are less stigmatising than psychotropic medication. This may result in a delay in treatment which may have negative effects on prognosis.

Smoking has no place in psychiatric hospitals
Access to articles for hospital journal clubs
Parrots as therapy for psychiatric patients
Forensic telepsychiatry
Mental healthcare for psychiatrists
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