Mental disorders are common among medically ill elderly patients, but they are poorly recognized and treated. Assessment of the psychiatric morbidity will help in strengthening psycho-geriatric services and thus, improve the quality of life of the elderly.

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Background: Use of social networking sites and playing internet games are more common web activities among adolescents. Students are more prone to internet abuse for several reasons-natural affinity towards internet, free and unlimited access, flexible schedules, and freedom from parental interference and psychological immaturity. The aim was to study on relationship of facebook and game addictive behaviour with personality characteristics among medical students. Methods: This was a cross sectional observational study, carried out on 140 medical students. All the students were taken randomly. Assessment of sociodemographic details was done with the help of semi-structured performa, bergen facebook addiction scale, game addiction scale and big five inventory were used to see facebook and game addictive behavior and personality traits. Statistical analysis used for comparison of dichotomous variables chi-square test. Correlation and Linear regression was applied to see association. Data analysis was done with the help of statistical software SPSS 23. 0. Results: Mean score of facebook addiction scale among medical students was 39.94 (S.D. 13.133) and mean score of Game addiction scale was 11.19 (S.D. 04.966). It was found that agreeableness (β=-0.275, p=0.000) and extraversion (β =-0.368, p = 0.000) displayed significant associations with FB Total. While neuroticism (β=0.277, p=0.001) and agreeableness (β=-0.177, p=0.029) displayed significant associations with game addictive behavior. Conclusions: In our study we conclude that students with high agreeableness, high neuroticism and low extraversion were more related with Facebook and game addictive behavior. Extraversion was the most powerful predictor of Facebook addiction and neuroticism for gaming addiction.

Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) during antenatal period is an infrequent but serious complication. This is a case of elderly woman with pregnancy induced hypertension who developed spontaneous ICH during the thirty five week of pregnancy. She presented to our emergency department with altered sensorium, aphasia and hemiparesis. Intracerebral hemorrhage was diagnosed by MRI. Magnetic resonance angiography failed to identify an aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation. She underwent successful emergency cesarean section. In this case we report the rare Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) during antenatal period and its challenging complication, diagnosis and management.