I am troubled by the exorcism of the tantrik, the doctor told me the solution to my problem

Srinagar Garhwal: If you live in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand and any acquaintance or family member of yours is behaving differently than usual and you are getting exorcism or puja done by some tantrik or exorcist, but instead of getting cured, he is getting more ill or is behaving strangely, then you must take him to the nearest hospital and show him to a psychiatrist. Because these symptoms can be of schizophrenia or its upgraded version psychosis.

The doctor of the base hospital told
Dr Shweta Krishna of the Psychiatry Department at Base Hospital Srinagar told Local 18 that some people feel that someone is talking to them, they are hearing some strange voices. When this happens, most people think that all this is the wrath of some ghost or divine power, but it is not so. These can be symptoms of psychosis of schizophrenia. She told that more than 2 crore people in India are suffering from psychosis and many people are not even aware of it.

Know the symptoms of psychosis
Regarding the symptoms of psychosis, Dr. Shweta Krishna said that the initial symptoms of this disease include insomnia, irritability, talking nonsense, staying away from society, lack of interest in work and when the disease becomes more serious, there are symptoms like hearing strange voices, delusions in the mind, talking about dying. The person even reaches a critical state. He talks about dying and even cuts off his own body parts.

Know the causes of psychosis
There can be various reasons for psychosis. These include prolonged mental stress, drinking alcohol, blocking of brain nerves due to consumption of marijuana and hashish, brain injury and consumption of other intoxicants like toxins.

How to treat and prevent psychosis
This disease should be treated by doctors and not by sorcerers or exorcists. If a patient shows initial symptoms like insomnia, irritability, talking nonsense, staying away from society, lack of interest in work, aloofness in behaviour, hearing a voice, then he should be taken to a doctor immediately. There are many ways of treatment in which the patient can be cured within about 2 years through medicines, injections and shock treatment.

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