In this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Horizon, the supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Night terrors and sleepwalking”, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) wrote about the case report, “Childhood night terrors and sleepwalking: diagnosis and treatment” by Sachin Ratan Gedam, Pradeep S. Patil, and Imran Ali Shivji, and published in the current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.
Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) participated as the Master Trainer for the “Training on mental health programme of medical officers” organized by Upamoy Nath, Hrishikesh Kalita, and Purnima Pegu at the Conference Hall, 200 Bedded Civil Hospital, Goalpara.
“Media exposure to earthquake-related content in its aftermath as a risk factor for acute stress disorder” by Harshavardhan Sampath, Geeta Soohinda, Arunima Sharma, and Sanjiba Dutta is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
In the Youth Fest of St. Mary’s School, Guwahati, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL), Mythili Hazarika was invited as the Chief Guest and to talk about her own ‘Success Story’.
‘One-Day Paramedical Staff Training Programme’ in Morigaon Civil Hospital under the District Mental Health Programme, Morigaon was conducted by Jayanta Dutta and Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) and assisted by Nimisha Bora and Monikankana Chutia.
“Say NO to tobacco” was the slogan of Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) as a guest speaker to the social welfare department officials and service providers organised by the District Tobacco Control Board of Kamrup District, Assam at the Bishnu Nirmala Bhawan, Guwahati.
Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL), in her article, titled “Gender issues” in today’s The Assam Tribune wrote about the successful transformation from ‘she’ to ‘he’ of an individual from the state of Assam following sex reassignment surgery, as well as the legal and social scenario aftermath.
Being a parent is one of the best experiences of an individual’s life and Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) spoke on her favourite subject, i.e. ‘parenting’ as the Chief Guest at Basil Wood pre-primary school in Guwahati run by ISKCON, the International Society for Krsn Consciousness.
The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the Open Science Directory.
Titled “Hardiness and CD4+”, in this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) wrote about the original research paper, “Effect of hardiness on CD4+ count among injection drug users” by Deepak Pandey that is published in the current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.
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