The 14th Annual National Conference of Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health (GERON 2018) is going to be held at Imphal on 8 and 9 September 2018 with the theme of “Geriatric Care: Need for Integration.”

To commemorate the occasion, a souvenir-cum-scientific update, titled “Geriatric care: need for integration” is planned to be released during the event. The souvenir-cum-scientific update, having RK Lenin Singh and Shyamanta Das as editors, will be a publication with the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and published by the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) (https://globalpsychiatry.org) in collaboration with the organising committee.

Articles are invited for the same in the following format and kindly mail the article in word file to somhil@hotmail.com on or before 21 August 2018.

Word limit: 3000

Abstract should count 200-250 words and have an unstructured form.

Keywords should not repeat the title of the article. Ideally, authors should use keywords selected from the MeSH catalogue.[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/mesh]

References should be numbered consecutively in the text and listed at the end according to the following style (the Vancouver style):

Das D, Talukdar U, Chisty SJS, Das MK, Das S. Serum prolactin level in patients taking olanzapine. Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci. 2015;6:50-8.

Hazarika M, Das S, Talukdar U, Kumar A, Datta A. Role of investigations in diagnosis of dementia with special focus on region-specific MRI-based volumetric analysis. Indian J Psychiatry. 2014;56 Suppl S1:6-15.

Kumar A, Das S, Hazarika M, Datta S, Talukdar S, Baishy A, et al. Recurrent mania: rare or common. J Depress Anxiety [serial online]. 2016 Mar 14 [cited 2017 Jan 20];S2:011. Available from: https://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/recurrent-mania-rare-or-common-2167-1044-S2-011.pdf

Das S, Talukdar U, Dutta B, editors. Psychodermatoses. Guwahati: Academy Publisher; 2016.

Sharma T, Das S. Magnetism and the mind. In: Dey R, Das S, Talukdar S, De P. editors. Women & mental health: scientific update of 26th Annual State Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State Branch. Guwahati: Academy Publisher; 2016:159-64.