Context: This study was planned to find out the depression, anxiety & stress levels among first year medical students of AIMS, B.G.Nagara. Aim: This study was conducted to determine the depression, anxiety & stress levels among first year medical students of AIMS, B.G.Nagara. Settings and Design: The present study was a cross - sectional study consisting of 150 first year medical students of AIMS, B.G. Nagara. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in Adichunchanagiri institute of medical sciences, B.G. Nagara, Nagamangala Taluk, Mandya district, after the institutional ethical clearance and written consent to participate was taken from each student. Depression, anxiety & stress levels were assessed using Depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS 21) questionnaire. Results: The DAS levels thus recorded were analyzed for statistical significance using. Data analysis was done using SPSS software version 19. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that Depression, anxiety & stress levels was higher in first year medical students.

Background: We have previously reported our extensive experiences with autism disorders and their treatments, and we showed the possibility of curing the major autistic features with a new therapeutic approach which included individualized courses of intramuscular cerebrolysin as the main therapy for the main autistic features. Our previously published experiences included observing the occurrence of atypical autism associated with evidence of mental retardation in four brothers from outside Baghdad, each two of them from two unrelated families. The four patients were treated based on our extensive published experiences with the pharmacological treatments of autism disorders; however, the follow-up and the outcome of treatments of these four children were not described in the previous publications. The aim of this paper is to report the cure of the major autistic features in 2 brothers with autosomal recessive autism. Patients and methods: It was possible to follow the first two brothers for only few weeks and to see them after the first course of treatment, however, the second brothers were followed for more than one year, and it was possible to achieve cure of the main autistic features. Results: After one short course, the first two brothers showed slight but noticeable improvement. The younger brother showed some reduction in autistic features as he developed rather an acceptable eye contact. However, the two brothers were still not responding to name and didn’t say any word. After, treatment, the second two brothers showed no autistic features, and experienced significant improvements in speech and cognitive functions. The older brother was not having autistic features after eighth months, and was obeying commands, but was still saying only few words. The younger brother joined primary school and was doing well apart from some behavioral problems especially running away from school and sometimes breaks things. Conclusion: In this paper, cure of autism has been achieved in two boys with autosomal recessive disorder. However, cure of autism in older children has never been expected to totally normalizes them, as the patients have already lost several years of learning, social adaptation, and maturation of personality and behavior.