Lost Presence Of Mind Due To Over Stress. What Can Be Done ?

Posted on Fri, 22 Jun 2012

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Question : Hello sir. There is problem with brother in law and sister in law with following observation: After completions of degree both are have losses their presence of mind and behaving like persons under stress. Physically both are normal. Now non of them intersted in jobs or further progress in life.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (2 hours later)

Hi,

Thanks for your query.

Behavioural disturbance could be either temporary or permanent.Permanent problems usually are associated with organic distortion in the brain and most of times are not cured but just suppressed symptomatically.

Since you say both your kins are affected I do not suspect it to be due to any organic distortion but could be due to stress induced purely.

Such transient behavioural defects can be best cured by counselling sessions by a trained counsellor or by a Psychiatrist. Placing them on medications may temporarily alleviate the symptoms but can cause other long term effects on the mental status.

Hope I answered your query.

Wish you good health.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar