JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
April 20, 2026
Maham Khan
Dear Editor, While there is a growing interest towards subconscious phenomena globally, experiences like lucid dreaming are under-researched in South Asia and remain largely unrecognized in Pakistan’s academic and clinical settings despite their widely acknowledged psychological significance. International studies have examined the association between lucid dreaming and psychopathology with...
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
December 20, 2025
Maria Rasool, Taha Hannan, Muhammad Imam
Dear Editor, In view of ongoing global research on mental health, especially Major Depressive Disorder, we would like to draw attention to a psychedelic substance, Psilocybin, which has been emerging as a viable treatment option for MDD. Psilocybin is a psychedelic compound derived from certain mushrooms that acts on Serotonergic receptors (primarily 5HT-2A). Psychedelic substances have...
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
December 20, 2025
Muhammad Bin Mobin, Zainab Abid, Sameen Saqib
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterised by altered perception of self, mood changes, and suicidal ideation. The traditional treatments of BPD, including psychotherapy, fail to provide an immediate response in susceptible patients. However, recent literature has shed light on the use of Ketamine as intervention for suicidal ideation in BPD patients, as well as for patients with...
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
March 1, 2022
Mehwish Riaz, Muhammad Hamza Rabbani, Muhammad Junaid Sabir et al.
To determine the frequency of sleep paralysis among university students, and to determine the association between sleep paralysis and sleep quality along with different predictive factors leading to sleep paralysis. The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan, from June to October, 2019, and comprised adult students of...