The Editorial of the Current Issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), titled “Policy of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) related to plagiarism” by Samrat Singh Bhandari and Shyamanta Das is now in PubMed (PMID: 31032428). This is the fifth article of OJPAS® to be included in PubMed.
Month: April 2019
World Health Day
“To have eyesight but no vision is worse than being blind”, said Helen Keller. On the occasion of the celebration of World Health Day, Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) delivered a motivational speech to the students of Guwahati Blind High School.
OJPAS® fifer in PMC
The Editorial of the Current Issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), titled “Policy of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) related to plagiarism” by Samrat Singh Bhandari and Shyamanta Das is now in PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6481946). This is the fifth article of OJPAS® to be included in PubMed Central.
The fourth OJPAS® article in PubMed
The Editorial, titled “Global psychiatry: a LAMIC perspective” by Shyamanta Das, Bornali Das, and Mythili Hazarika, published in the July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2 of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is included in PubMed (PMID: 31008259). It is the fourth article of OJPAS® to be in PubMed.
One more OJPAS® article in PubMed
“Reflections on and discussions about ‘Luminous Life: A New Model of Humanistic Psychotherapy’” by Mythili Hazarika and Partha Choudhury, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is now in PubMed (PMID: 31008258). This is the third OJPAS® article to be included in PubMed.
The fourth OJPAS® article in PMC
“Reflections on and discussions about ‘Luminous Life: A New Model of Humanistic Psychotherapy’” by Mythili Hazarika and Partha Choudhury, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is now in PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6474410). This is the fourth OJPAS® article to be included in PubMed Central.
Present-day adolescents
Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) wrote about the commentary, “Present day adolescents: why they are, the way they are” by Shailendra Kumar Talukdar and Rupa Gohain, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of OJPAS® in the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Present-day adolescents” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune.
One more OJPAS® article in PMC
The Editorial, titled “Global psychiatry: a LAMIC perspective” by Shyamanta Das, Bornali Das, and Mythili Hazarika, published in the July-December 2017, Volume 8 Issue 2 of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is included in PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6472944). It is the third article of OJPAS® to be in PubMed Central.
Myths and facts of LAI
The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das spoke on the myths, facts, and evidence-base of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics to the doctors of Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), and National Health Mission (NHM) officials at Hotel Imphal in Manipur.
Stress management
Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) had a session on “Stress management” with the Mizoram civil service officers at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati. There were nine officers who were trained in how to manage stress cognitively and with various strategies. They interacted on various mental health issues too and highly appreciated the demonstration of relaxation exercise.