Mood disorders
September 1, 2017
In the Mind Matters column, titled “Mood disorders” published in the Horizon, the supplement with today’s The Assam Tribune, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das wrote about “A case report on very late onset mania” by Manjunadh Muraleedharan, Sunil Suthar, and Bhupendra Singh from the current issue of the journal (July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2).
Psychiatric morbidity and carcinoma cervix
August 31, 2017
Psychiatric morbidities in patients of carcinoma cervix
Adya Shanker Srivastava, Akhilesh Shukla, Sulekha Pandey, AK Asthana, Maheshwar Nath Tripathi, Balram Pandit, Jai Singh Yadav
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32266036&vnr=304712
Sources with obesity
August 24, 2017
Psychological well-being and weight efficacy lifestyle of adults with obesity
Harpreet Mehar, Shikha Srivastava, Ranjana Tiwari
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32245963&vnr=687369
Transgenders and parenting
August 18, 2017
In the Mind Matters column, “Transgenders and parenting” in today’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) discusses the original research paper, titled “A study on perceived parenting style among transgender” by Akanksha Mohta, Prasanta Kumar Roy, and Pradeep Kumar Saha, and published in the current issue (July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2) of OJPAS®.
Meaningful relationships
August 18, 2017
Bornali Das, Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) wrote on “Meaningful relationships” in today’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune.
Prodrome, temperament, and mania
August 17, 2017
Sandeep Motichand, Daya Ram, Sujit Sarkhel, Varun Shantilal Mehta, Samir Kumar Praharaj
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Aug 17. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32226517&vnr=142895
Liaison psychiatry
August 4, 2017
“Liaison psychiatry” is the title of this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) published in the Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune. The column discusses the original research paper, titled “Clinical and demographical profile of inpatient psychiatry referrals in a multispecialty teaching hospital” by Vijay Niranjan and Bharat Udey from the current issue (July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2) of OJPAS®.
Adult psychiatric inpatient
August 2, 2017
Carlo Lazzari, Ahmed Shoka, Basavaraja Papanna, Kapil Kulkarni
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Aug 3. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32192337&vnr=994892
Deliberate self-harm in North-Eastern India
July 28, 2017
Pattern of deliberate self-harm seen at a tertiary teaching hospital in Meghalaya, India
Arvind Nongpiur, Sonali Shinde Tesia, Vijaya Raghavan
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jul 28. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32177889&vnr=167769
Suicide menace in North-Eastern India
July 25, 2017
Robin Victor, Chiradeep Sengupta, Subrata Naskar, Bhanita Boro, Kaveri Saxena
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32168708&vnr=956436
Monobider Moner Katha
July 21, 2017
Gautam Kr. Bandyopadhyay
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jul 21. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32158337&vnr=915687
Occupational stress
July 21, 2017
“Occupational stress” is the title of this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), published in Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune. The column talks about the International Institute of Organisational Psychological Medicine (IIOPM) and its Dean and Executive Director Global Professor Russell Franco D’Souza joining the Editorial Board of OJPAS®. It also discusses the original research paper, titled “Occupational stress among police personnel in India” by G Ragesh, Harish M Tharayil, Meharoof Raj TP, Mariamma Philip, and Ameer Hamza, and published in the current issue (July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2) of OJPAS®.
Internet addiction and college students
2017 July 14
Narayan R Mutalik, Tejaswi TP, Shankar Moni, SB Choudhari
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jul 14. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32138614&vnr=405291
Attachment styles and alcoholism
2017 July 8
Father and son attachment styles in alcoholic and non-alcoholic families
Mythili Hazarika, Dipesh Bhagabati
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32117219&vnr=349245
Cognitive function
July 7, 2017
This fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in Horizon of The Assam Tribune, titled “Cognitive function” highlights the original research paper, “Cognitive dysfunction in urban elderly people: an exploratory study using neuropsychological and neuroimaging perspective” by Sreerupa Ghose, Sanjukta Das, and Anup Sadhu, published in OJPAS®.
Scope of legal aid clinics
2017 June 30
Scope of free legal aid clinics at psychiatric hospitals in India
Ameer Hamza, K Sajitha, G Ragesh, Priya Treesa Thomas
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32095029&vnr=905583
The altruist
June 23, 2017
Himabrata Das’ commentary “Remembering Dr. Subhendu Dhar: the altruist in the auto” published in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is highlighted by Shyamanta Das, Editor of OJPAS® in this fortnight’s Mind Matters column, titled “The altruist”.
Attitude towards psychiatry
2017 June 17
Narayan R Mutalik, Tejaswi TP, Manjula Kashinakunti, SB Choudhari
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32068085&vnr=899970
Parenting style and transgender
2017 June 10
A study on perceived parenting style among transgender
Akanksha Mohta, Prasanta Kumar Roy, Pradeep Kumar Saha
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jun 10. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32035614&vnr=632774
Drug reactions
June 9, 2017
In this fortnight’s column of Mind Matters, titled “Drug reactions”, Shyamanta Das, Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) discusses the Original Research Paper, titled “Adverse drug reactions monitoring of psychotropic drugs: a tertiary care centre study” by Mariya Yacob, Hemendra Singh, Letty Sabu, and Mamatha K, and published advance online in OJPAS®.
Inpatient psychiatry referrals
2017 June 7
Vijay Niranjan, Bharat Udey
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jun 7. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32029515&vnr=254226
Occupational stress among police
2017 June 2
Occupational stress among police personnel in India
G Ragesh, Harish M Tharayil, Meharoof Raj TP, Mariamma Philip, Ameer Hamza
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=32013901&vnr=399213
Dealing with autism
June 2, 2017
In today’s (Friday 2 June 2017) Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Dr Bornali Das, the Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) wrote about autism in the article titled, “Dealing with autism”. Dr Bornali also authored the full length article on autism, titled “Impact of stress, coping, social support, and resilience of families having children with autism: a North East India-based study” published in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry.
RNI E-Filing
May 31, 2017
RNI E-Filing for Annual Statement in respect of newspaper entitled OPEN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY & ALLIED SCIENCES for the period ending 31st March 2017 is done.
Morbid jealousy
This Friday’s (26 may 2017) Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS
), titled “Morbid jealousy” in Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune discusses the Original Research Paper, “Phenomenology and predisposing factors of morbid jealousy in a psychiatric outdoor: a cross-sectional, descriptive study” by Satyajeet Kumar Singh, Samrat Singh Bhandari, and Pramod Kumar Singh, and published advance online in OJPAS.
Involuntary hospitalisation
2017 May 12
The Original Research Paper, titled “Predictors of involuntary hospitalisation of patients suffering from schizophrenia” by Ivana Stasevic Karlicic, Milena Stasevic, Igor Grbic, Slobodan Jankovic, Zoran Bukumiric, and Slavica Djukic Dejanovic, and published in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) as Advance Online Publication is discussed by Shyamanta Das, the Editor of OJPAS in his Mind Matters column published in today’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Involuntary hospitalisation“.
Cognitive dysfunction in elderly
Sreerupa Ghose, Sanjukta Das, Anup Sadhu
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 May 9. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31944657&vnr=810349
The altruist in the auto
Remembering Dr. Subhendu Dhar: the altruist in the auto
Himabrata Das
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 May 5. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31933988&vnr=931692
Adverse drug reactions of psychotropic drugs
Adverse drug reactions monitoring of psychotropic drugs: a tertiary care centre study
Mariya Yacob, Hemendra Singh, Letty Sabu, Mamatha K
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Apr 28. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31913053&vnr=745194
Global psychiatry: a LAMIC perspective
2017 April 28
In today’s (Friday 28 April 2017) Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das wrote about the Editorial of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS), titled “Global psychiatry: a LAMIC perspective” in his Mind Matters column by the same title wherein the ‘nouveau’ approach of the journal is highlighted.
Morbid jealousy
2017 April 26
Satyajeet Kumar Singh, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Pramod Kumar Singh
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 April 26. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31909229&vnr=751759
Involuntary hospitalisation and schizophrenia
2017 April 26
Predictors of involuntary hospitalisation of patients suffering from schizophrenia
Ivana Stasevic Karlicic, Milena Stasevic, Igor Grbic, Slobodan Jankovic, Zoran Bukumiric, Slavica Djukic Dejanovic
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Apr 26. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31908954&vnr=895409
LAMIC psychiatry
2017 April 20
Global psychiatry: a LAMIC perspective
Shyamanta Das, Bornali Das, Mythili Hazarika
Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2017 Apr 20. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31893684&vnr=253504
A North East India-based study on Autism
2017 April 18
The final version of the article, titled “Impact of stress, coping, social support, and resilience of families having children with autism: a North East India-based study” with full bibliographic details is now available online, providing free access to the article, and is valid for 50 days, until June 07, 2017. Anyone who clicks on the following link until June 07, 2017, will be taken to the final version of the article on ScienceDirect for free. No sign up or registration is needed – just click and read!
https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Uv8r6gcL6sDpv
Autism and Northeast India
2017 April 14
Astitva, a multispeciality centre for holistic intervention is situated in Guwahati. Among the different services offered, one is management of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A research work was carried out among the parents of those children attending the centre.
The work was presented as poster during the 22nd World Congress of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP 2016) held in The Ashok, New Delhi from 30 November to 4 December by Bornali Das (Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC [SoMHiL]), Kakoli Nath (Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist as well as Founder of Astitva), and Shyamanta Das (Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences [OJPAS]).
That research is published online on 29 March 2017 in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.040) as full-length paper, titled “Impact of stress, coping, social support, and resilience of families having children with autism: A North East India-based study” by Shyamanta Das, Bornali Das, Kakoli Nath, Arunima Dutta (Editorial Assistant of OJPAS), Priyanka Bora, and Mythili Hazarika (President of SoMHiL).
In today’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das wrote about the research paper in his fortnightly Mind Matters’ column, titled “Autism and Northeast India”.
WHO Newsletter
2017 April 12
The World Health Organization (WHO) released a Newsletter covering the “Depression: Let’s Talk on World Health Day 2017 in Guwahati, Assam” event.
The event in print
2017 April 10
The “Depression: Let’s Talk on World Health Day 2017 in Guwahati, Assam” Event is covered in the print media, namely The Assam Tribune titled “Discussion on depression held”. The Editorial of the same day is titled “Mental health”.
Hypochondriasis and psychotherapy
2017 March 31
Shyamanta Das, Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) wrote about the case report, titled “Psychotherapeutic management of hypochondriasis: a case study” that is published advance online in OJPAS in his Mind Matters column, “Hypochondriasis and psychotherapy” of this fortnight’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune.
Autism and North East India
29 March 2017
Full-length paper, titled “Impact of stress, coping, social support, and resilience of families having children with autism: A North East India-based study” by Shyamanta Das (Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences [OJPAS]), Bornali Das (Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC [SoMHiL]), Kakoli Nath (Founder of the Astitva), Arunima Dutta (Editorial Assistant of OJPAS), Priyanka Bora, and Mythili Hazarika (President of SoMHiL) is published online on 29 March 2017 in the Asian Journal of Psychiatry (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.03.040).
Pilot study on burnout
In today’s Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS
), in his Mind Matters column, titled “Pilot study on burnout” discussed the original article, “Degree of burnout among emergency healthcare workers and factors influencing level of burnout: a pilot study” published in the Delhi Psychiatry Journal.
Being mindful
Dr Bornali Das, Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) wrote about “Being mindful” in Horizon, the supplement with today’s The Assam Tribune.
Burnout and healthcare workers
Titled “Burnout and healthcare workers”, this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, MD in Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune talks about the study protocol developed in the Emergency Department of the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati and published in the Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences.
Love and ‘Addiction’
Shyamanta Das, MD wrote on “Love and ‘Addiction’” in Xahitya.Org, an online vernacular (Assamese) language magazine as well as mouthpiece of Bhaxa Xahitya Xanmilani, Axom.
SoMHiL: an ECHO initiative
Today’s (Friday 17 February 2017) Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, MD in Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “SoMHiL: an ECHO initiative” talks about the Society that strives to promote behavioural science in the Low And Middle Income Countries (LAMIC).
LAMIC and psychiatric literature
Shyamanta Das, MD wrote about psychiatry-related research publications in journals from low and middle income countries (LAMIC) in his fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “LAMIC and psychiatric literature” published in Horizon, the supplement with today’s (Friday 3 February 2017) The Assam Tribune.
Poor mental health service
Shyamanta Das, the Editor of the LAMIC Psychiatry in his Mind Matters column of Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune of Friday 13 January 2017 titled “Poor mental health service” wrote about the prevailing mental health scenario in the low and middle income countries (LAMIC).
ResearchBib
The new issue (January-June 2017, Volume 8 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in the ResearchBib.
Google Scholar Citations
The new issue (January-June 2017, Volume 8 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in the Google Scholar Citations.
DOAJ
The new issue (January-June 2017, Volume 8 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
IndianJournals.com
The new issue (January-June 2017, Volume 8 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in the IndianJournals.com with Digital Object Identifier (10.5958/2394-2061).
New Issue
The January-June 2017, Volume 8 Issue 1 of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is released.
Advance Online Publication
Bhandari SS, Bhagabati D. Prevalence of spontaneous dyskinesia in first episode, drug naive schizophrenia, and its relation to the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 30. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31556829&vnr=201007
Advance Online Publication
Muraleedharan M, Suthar S, Singh B. A case report on very late onset mania. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31550258&vnr=915906
Mental illness and family
“A case report of schizophrenia with severe disability: an eclectic family therapy approach” by Dr. Bornali Das and Dr. Shamiul Akhtar Borbora, published advance online in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is discussed by the Editor-in-Chief, Shyamanta Das, MD in his Mind Matters column of Horizon, the supplement with today’s (Friday 23 December 2016) The Assam Tribune, titled “Mental illness and family“.
Advance Online Publication
Russell Ravan JP, Thomas N, Paul T, Prasanna S, Thomas N, Ramaswamy D. The endocrine impact of long term risperidone therapy in Asian Indian patients. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 19. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31532398&vnr=751744
Advance Online Publication
Aggarwal S, Srivastava P. Psychotherapeutic management of hypochondriasis: a case study. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31516941&vnr=922607
Advance Online Publication
Deka N, Kumari R. Fluoxetine-induced blurring of vision: a rare ocular side effect. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31516940&vnr=790145
Advance Online Publication
Das S, Dutta A. SoMHiL and OJPAS: “like a rolling stone”. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Dec 10. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31506917&vnr=299385
Autism and Asia
In the Mind Matters column, titled “Autism and Asia” of this Friday’s (9 December 2016) Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS), Shyamanta Das wrote about the Guest Editorial, “About some difficulties in the epidemiological studies of autism” by Leslie Marneau, published advance online in the OJPAS.
Advance Online Publication
Das B, Borbora SA. A case report of schizophrenia with severe disability: an eclectic family therapy approach. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 29. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31480981&vnr=776055
Advance Online Publication
Das BS, Ghosh S, Kottai SR. Practice of family therapy in a heteronormative society of India from queer theory perspective. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 26. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31473845&vnr=757711
Intellectual disability and caregivers
Titled “Intellectual disability and caregivers”, the Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in today’s (Friday 25 November 2016) The Assam Tribune, reviewed the original research paper, “Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in mothers of children with intellectual disability” by Ritu Raj Gogoi, Ranjan Kumar, and Sonia Pereira Deuri that is published advance online in OJPAS.
Advance Online Publication
Ragesh G, Sabitha C, K Sajitha, Hamza A. Domestic violence: profile of married women availing institutional help. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 24. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31462595&vnr=112263
Advance Online Publication
Marneau L. About some difficulties in the epidemiological studies of autism. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31450201&vnr=728886
Advance Online Publication
Gogoi RR, Kumar R, Deuri SP. Anxiety, depression, and quality of life in mothers of children with intellectual disability. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31450197&vnr=674666
Advance Online Publication
Gogoi K. Assessment of expressed emotion in family members of patients with schizophrenia in a selected Medical College Hospital, Assam. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31450194&vnr=390424
Advance Online Publication
Rathee S, Pradeep. A comparative study on distressful events in affective disorder and normal control. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31450198&vnr=507556
Advance Online Publication
Bora D, Banerjee I, Deuri SP. Marital quality in wives of persons with alcohol dependence syndrome. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 15. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31436731&vnr=700858
Advance Online Publication
Bhuyan D, Nayek S, Saikia H. A comparative study of nature and types of hallucination across different kinds of psychosis. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31428406&vnr=351373
Advance Online Publication
Bhagabati D, Kumar A, Borbora SA, Bora U, Sharma H. Assessment of the effectiveness of yoga therapy as an adjunct in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31428405&vnr=521539
Children and parental alcohol use
Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS), in his Mind Matters column in Horizon, the supplement with today’s (Friday 11 November 2016) The Assam Tribune, titled “Children and parental alcohol use” wrote about the paper “Children of persons with alcohol dependence syndrome: risks and resilience, theories and interventions” by Mutharaju Arelingaiah, R Dhanasekara Pandian, and E Sinu that is published advance online in OJPAS.
Advance Online Publication
Das H. A wrap-up of the 26th Annual State Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society- Assam State Branch held at Silchar. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 8. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31418735&vnr=570303
Advance Online Publication
Gogoi D. Fundamental concepts of phenomenology and descriptive psychopathology. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31409283&vnr=344661
Advance Online Publication
Arelingaiah M, Pandian RD, Sinu E. Children of persons with alcohol dependence syndrome: risks and resilience, theories and interventions. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print] Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31400954&vnr=737575
Advance Online Publication
Harikrishnan U, Ali A. A case study of alcohol dependence syndrome with poor motivation and coping skills: a psychosocial perspective. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Oct 31. [Epub ahead of print]. Available from: http://www.ojpas.com/get_file.php?id=31393710&vnr=163737
Children of alcoholics
In his Mind Matters column of Horizon, the supplement with today’s, Friday the 28 October 2016, The Assam Tribune, titled “Children of alcoholics” Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) wrote about the research paper, “A comparative study on behavioural problems in children of alcohol dependent parents” by Harsh Raj, Krishan Kumar, Vinod Kumar Sinha, and Rajeev Dogra and published in Dysphrenia, the earlier name of the journal.
Barriers in psychiatry
In Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 14 October 2016, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, “Barriers in psychiatry” reviewed the article, “Barriers in the treatment of psychiatric disorders” by Anil Kumar and HR Phookun published in OJPAS.
Women and mental health
In Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 30 September 2016, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, “Women and mental health” wrote about the Guest Editorial by same title of Unaiza Niaz published in OJPAS.
G plus
Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) featured in the English Weekly, G plus VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 48 SEP 24 – SEP 30, 2016 page 9.
Scientific Update
A Scientific Update and a Souvenir are released during the 26th Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society- Assam State Branch on Women & Mental Health held at Silchar Medical College Auditorium, Silchar on 23 & 24 September 2016.
The Scientific Update is an ISBN publication (978-93-85063-18-3) published by Academy Publisher in association with BOOKBELL on behalf of Organising Secretary, 26th Annual Conference, Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State Branch, Deptt. Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College & Hospital, Silchar-788014, Assam, India. The editors were Rajeeb Dey, Shyamanta Das, Simanta Talukdar, and Pranjal Dey. It contained an article, “Magnetism and the Mind” by Tanushree Sharma and Shyamanta Das. The Scientific Update also contained the abstract of a scientific paper, “Study of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents to Introduce a Newer Classification System” by Jyotismita Choudhury, Suranjita Mazumdar, Shyamanta Das, Uddip Talukdar, and Kamal Nath. The Souvenir contained an article, “Translational Science in Psychiatry” by Rezib-uz Zaman and Shyamanta Das.
Shyamanta Das is the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS).
Intergenerational epidemiology
In Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 16 September 2016, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, “Intergenerational epidemiology” wrote about the original research paper, “The role of personality correlates in the pathogenesis of alcoholism: an intergenerational study among alcohol dependent and nondependent population” published in OJPAS.
A relook at child psychiatry
In Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 2 September 2016, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, “A relook at child psychiatry” reviewed the original research paper, “An observational study towards a newer classification in child psychiatry” published advance online in OJPAS.
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Das S, Bora U, Borbora SA, Kalita A, Mathur R, Mazumdar S. An observational study towards a newer classification in child psychiatry. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Aug 26. [Epub ahead of print]
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Hmar B, Bhagabati D. Study of prevalence of depression and impact of depression in patients following acute myocardial infarction. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]
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Chakravarty P, Neog P, Dewan B. Study of adverse drug reactions of atypical antipsychotic drugs in the department of psychiatry in a tertiary care hospital of Assam. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2016 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]
International Advisory Board
Ricardo Guinea, MD, the President of the World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR) from Hospital de Día Madrid, C/ Manuel Marañón, 4 – 28043 Madrid, Spain has joined the International Advisory Board of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS).
The current members of the International Advisory Board of OJPAS include:
Arabinda N Chowdhury (UK), Unaiza Niaz (Pakistan), Susmita Hazarika Dutta (USA), Balram Pandit (Fiji), Kornilia Hatzinikolaou (Greece), Claudia Juarez Batista (Mexico), Rajiv Siotia (Australia), Siegfried Kasper (Austria), David J Nutt (UK), Dan J Stein (South Africa), Leslie Marneau (France), Ho Suk Yin (Ho Shu-Shian) (Taiwan [ROC]), Samai Sirithongthaworn (Thailand), Ricardo Guinea (Spain)
Arabinda N Chowdhury
62 Abbots Way, Kettering, Northants NN15 6FW, United Kingdom
arabindachowdhury985@gmail.com
Unaiza Niaz, MD, DPM, FRCPsych
Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Honorary Member, The World Psychiatric Association, Chair Section on WMH, The World Psychiatric Association, Distinguish International Member American Psychiatric Association, Advisory Board Member, International Association of Women’s Mental Health, Vice President, Eastern Mediterranean Region, & Board Member, WFMH
unaizaniaz@gmail.com
Susmita Hazarika Dutta
5092 Nottingham Place Lane, Apt 202, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106, USA
hazarika.susmita@gmail.com
Balram Pandit
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University
balram.pandit@fnu.ac.fj
Kornilia Hatzinikolaou, PhD
Lecturer of Developmental Psychopathology, School of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece
corinahatzinikolaou@hotmail.com
Claudia Juarez Batista, LCP, MSC
Clinical Psychologist, Wellness Consultant, Stress management Expert, Speaker and trainer
Picagregos 214, Lomas de las Aguilas, 01730 Alvaro Obregon, Mexico City, Mexico
claudiajuarez@transformatuestres.com
Rajiv Siotia, FRANZCP, MRCPsych, CCT, MMedSCi, PGCME, MBBS
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), Lead Consultant in Acute and Bed Based Services, Consultant Psychiatrist, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University: Gippsland Campus, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
rajiv.siotia@gmail.com
Siegfried Kasper, MD
Chief Editor, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Chair, Section on Pharmacopsychiatry, World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, MUV, AKH, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria
biol-psychiatry@meduniwien.ac.at
David J Nutt, DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci
Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College, London, W12 0NN, UK
d.nutt@imperial.ac.uk
Dan Joseph Stein, FRCPC, PhD
Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry & Mental Health, University of Cape Town & UCT-Affiliated Hospitals, South Africa
dan.stein@uct.ac.za
Leslie Marneau
Clinical psychologist, Trainer and Consultant, 53 rue de la Greffiere, 91700 Fleury-Merogis, Paris, France
lesliemarneau@hotmail.fr
Ho Suk Yin (Ho Shu-Shian), MD, MPH, MS
Child Developmental Assessment & Intervention Center, Taipei City Hospital, No 145, Zhengzhou Road, Datong District, Taipei City 10341 Taiwan (ROC)
dam81@tpech.gov.tw
Samai Sirithongthaworn, MD
Director of Suanprung Psychiatric Hospital, and Acting Director of Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development, Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health, 196 Moo 10, Donkaew, Maerim, Chiang Mai , 50180 Thailand
samais2001@yahoo.com
Ricardo Guinea, MD
Executive President, Word Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR)
Hospital de Día Madrid, C/ Manuel Marañón, 4 – 28043 Madrid
guinea@wapr.info, http://www.wapr.info
Of sexualities and stigmas
In Hoizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 19 August 2016, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, “Of sexualities and stigmas” reviewed the commentary, “Homosexuality: how therapists can help?” by Mudassir Hassan published in OJPAS.
Sexual experience
In this week’s Horizon (Friday 5 August 2016), the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, titled “Sexual experience” reviewed the Case Report, “Anubhoothi: a psychopathology of unusual sexual experience” by G Ragesh, Gopalkumar Rakesh, Ameer Hamza, Manoj Kumar Sharma, and Santosh K Chaturvedi that was published in OJPAS.
Who's Who
Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, Shyamanta Das is included in the 33rd Edition of the Marquis Who’s Who in the World 2016.
Addicted to 'world is yours'
In today’s Horizon (Friday 22 July 2016), the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, titled “Addicted to ‘world is yours’” reviewed the Case Report, “Methamphetamine: symptoms under the bridge” by Mohit Saini, Senilo Magh, Nishant Ohri, and S Gojendra Singh that is published advance online in OJPAS.
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Current Issue (July-December 2016, Volume 7 Issue 2) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) Scholar.
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Current Issue (July-December 2016, Volume 7 Issue 2) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in Google Scholar Citations.
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Current Issue (July-December 2016, Volume 7 Issue 2) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in Research Bible (ResearchBib).
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Current Issue (July-December 2016, Volume 7 Issue 2) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is now in DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS (DOAJ).
Attitude towards psychiatry
In today’s (Friday 8 July 2016) Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) in his Mind Matters column, titled “Attitude towards psychiatry” reviewed the Original Research Paper, “Impact of duration of psychiatry rotation on medical interns’ attitude towards psychiatry” published advance online in OJPAS.
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The Current Issue (July-December 2016, Volume 7 Issue 2) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) is uploaded in IndianJournals.com.
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Trade Mark () for OJPAS (Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences) by Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Controller General of Patents Design & Trade
Childhood diabetes
In today’s Horizon (Friday 24 June 2016), the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS), in his Mind Matters column, titled “Childhood diabetes and behavioural implications”, wrote about the article, “Psychosocial implications of type 1 diabetes mellitus among children in India: an emerging challenge for social work profession” by Jyoti Kakkar and Srishti Puri that is published in OJPAS.
Autism and EEG
In today’s Horizon (Friday 10 June 2016), the supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, in his Mind Matters column, titled “Autism and EEG”, wrote about the article, “Autism: epileptiform discharge in EEG with and without seizure disorder” by Bobby Hmar that is published advance online in the journal.
Attitude and intellectual disabilities
‘Some people in the neighborhood hate him. They never let their children to play with my son. Even if he tries to play with them their parents stop them. Others are kind, and tell me these children are blessings from God’ (Father of a 12 year old boy with intellectual disability in a study[1]
Attitude towards people with intellectual disabilities (PWID) is mixed and did not follow a particular trend across various studies. PWID are considered to be in need of care always and are not considered to be autonomous individuals and the attitude towards them by the care givers defines their quality of life. History on PWID indicates influence of various psycho-social, biological, religious, and educational factors for the existence of stereotypical attitudes towards them.
Keeping this in mind, the chapter of Mythili Hazarika, Deputy Editor of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in the book throws insight about attitude towards people with intellectual disabilities in the earliest centuries to the present context by general public, families and parents, siblings and relatives, attitudes towards their education and inclusion in general classrooms and sexuality , and employers, health professionals and media’s role in the same.[2]
References
- Hamdani SU, Atif N, Tariq M, Minhas FA, Iqbal Z, Rahman A. Family networks to improve outcomes in children with intellectual and developmental disorders: a qualitative study. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2014;8:7.
- Hazarika M,Choudhury S. Attitude towards people with intellectual disabilities (PWID). In: Gopalan RT, editor. Handbook of research on diagnosing, treating, and managing intellectual disabilities. IGI Global; 2016:237-61. ISBN13: 9781522500896, ISBN10: 1522500898, EISBN13: 9781522500902. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0089-6. URL: igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-diagnosing-treating-managing/142128
Stigma and students
In Horizon, the supplement of The Assam Tribune, dated Friday 27 May 2016, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS), in his Mind Matters column, titled “Stigma and students”, wrote about the research, “Stigma: knowledge of college going students about mental illness and reaction towards the persons with mental llness” by Sudeshna Basu Mukherjee, Kamlesh Kumar Sahu, and Soma Sahu that was published in Dysphrenia (July-December 2014, Volume 5 Issue 2), renamed Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS).
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