Dr.Soumi Ghosh

Dr.Soumi Ghosh Consultant Neuropsychiatrist,
MBBS,MD,DNB Psychiatry,
Assistant Professor at JIMS Hospital,North Kolkata
Formerly attched to IPGMER & SSKM Hospital,Kolkata

03/03/2026
25/02/2026
!!!"TABOOS ABOUT PSYCHIATRY"!!! đŸĢŖđŸĢŖFor many, a visit to a psychiatrist is not seen as a proactive step toward health, but...
24/02/2026

!!!"TABOOS ABOUT PSYCHIATRY"!!! đŸĢŖđŸĢŖ

For many, a visit to a psychiatrist is not seen as a proactive step toward health, but as a "last resort" that carries the weight of social shame.

This silence creates a dangerous cycle where individuals mask their symptoms until they reach a crisis point,further reinforcing the false narrative that psychiatry is only for the "severely broken."

Overcoming this taboo requires a shift in perspective—viewing the brain like any other organ that sometimes requires a specialist's care.

đŸ˜ĨđŸ˜ĨāĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇āχ āĻŽāύ⧋āϰ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϰ (Psychiatrist) āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϟāĻž āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āύ⧟, āĻŦāϰāĻ‚ āĻāĻ• "āĻļ⧇āώ āφāĻļā§āϰ⧟" āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§Ÿ āϝāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āϞāĻœā§āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇|

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😓😓āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀āϤ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϭ⧁āϞ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻžāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇āχ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ¯ā§‡â€”āĻŽāύ⧋āϰ⧋āĻ—āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŸā§āϰāĻŋ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž "āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒā§œā§‡āϛ⧇āύ"āĨ¤

😇😇āĻāχ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϜāĻŋāĻ• āϜ⧜āϤāĻž āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāĻ¨â€”

🧠🧠āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋āχ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻžā§‡āϰ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āϜāύ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

For consultation

Dr.Soumi Ghosh
Consultant Psychiatrist
Uttarpara
9051466757

****"GOOGLING YOUR SYMPTOMS" 🔍 👀 aka CYBERCHONDRIA**** 🔍đŸ•ĩī¸â€â™€ī¸đŸ”ŽđŸ•ĩī¸â€â™‚ī¸ where excessive online searching leads to increased ...
22/02/2026

****"GOOGLING YOUR SYMPTOMS" 🔍 👀 aka CYBERCHONDRIA**** 🔍đŸ•ĩī¸â€â™€ī¸đŸ”Ž

đŸ•ĩī¸â€â™‚ī¸ where excessive online searching leads to increased distress and functional impairment

đŸ—ī¸Key Characteristics:

👩‍đŸ’ģ1.COMPULSION : The degree to which searching interferes with daily activities and responsibilities.

😰2.DISTRESS: The immediate experience of anxiety, panic, or fear during or after a search session.

đŸĨĩ3.EXCESSIVENESS: The repetitive nature of searches, such as checking the same symptoms multiple times a day or across different sources.

đŸĢĨ4.REASSURENCE-SEEKING: The persistent need to find a "perfect" explanation or validation from online sources to reduce uncertainty.

â€ŧī¸Risks of Self-Diagnosisâ€ŧī¸

🚨Dangerous Self-Treatment: Believing a self-diagnosis can lead individuals to self-medicate with unprescribed drugs or herbal remedies, which may have harmful side effects or interfere with real conditions.

🤷đŸģâ€â™€ī¸Overlapping Symptoms: Many psychiatric and physical conditions share broad symptoms (e.g., fatigue or difficulty concentrating). Without professional context, it is easy to misapply a complex label like ADHD or Bipolar Disorder to normal variations in mood or focus.

đŸ•°ī¸Delayed Intervention: Self-diagnosis may provide a false sense of certainty that prevents someone from seeking professional help for a genuine, treatable issue.

For Psychiatric consultation
Dr.Soumi Ghosh
Consultant Psychiatrist
Uttarpara
Call/wtsapp: 090514 66757

Weekend CME on Child Psychopharmacology by Mental Health Foundation,Kolkata
21/02/2026

Weekend CME on Child Psychopharmacology by Mental Health Foundation,Kolkata

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21/02/2026

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đŸŽ¯āĻŽāĻžāύāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ“ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤

āĻļ⧁āĻ­ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧃āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϏ 🌸

āĻĄāĻž. āϏ⧌āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ˜ā§‹āώ
āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāϞāĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŽāύ⧋āϰ⧋āĻ— āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

18/02/2026

❓❓How long to continue treatment for Psychiatric illness:
A common question faced in our daily clinical scenario

đŸŽ¯How long psychiatric treatment should continue depends on the diagnosis, severity, number of past episodes, and how well you’re responding.
đŸŽ¯There isn’t one universal timeline — but here are general medical guidelines

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āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻžāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

āϤāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇)

🧐🧐Common misconceptions (clinician clarification):

❌ “I feel better, so I don’t need it”
✅ You feel better because you’re taking it
❌ “Psych meds are addictive”
✅ Most are not addictive; they are preventive
❌ “Long-term use damages the brain”
✅ Untreated illness causes more brain and functional damage than most medication

Dr.Soumi Ghosh
Consultant Psychiatrist
For online and offline consultation
📞 9051466757

"OVERTHINKING"..a common term used by atleast 90% of the patients..🤔But thoughts are not the problem — the relationship ...
17/02/2026

"OVERTHINKING"..a common term used by atleast 90% of the patients..

🤔But thoughts are not the problem — the relationship with thoughts is.

💭Overthinking reflects maladaptive cognitive control, not intellectual weakness.

Soon I will discuss about this in detail video..stay tuned..😌👀

Dr.Soumi Ghosh
Consultant Psychiatrist
For any online and offline consultation
📞 090514 66757

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