Dr. Mythili Hazarika, MA, MPhil, PhD, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) is one of the examiners for the Administration and Scoring Manual of the WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN® – FOURTH (INDIA EDITION) (WISC®-IVINDIA), published by PsychCorp, an imprint of Pearson Clinical Assessment.
Author: Global Psychiatry
Family genogram

“The use of family genogram in psychiatric social work practice” by Gobinda Majhi, Sadananda Reddy, and D Muralidhar is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
REM sleep disorder
Titled “REM sleep disorder”, this fortnight’s Mind Matters column in Horizon (the supplement with The Assam Tribune) of Shyamanta Das (Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences [OJPAS®]) discusses the case report “Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a case report” by Niranjan Hebbar YR, Ashutosh Dash, Dhananjay Patro, and Th Bihari Singh, and published in the current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.
Witch hunting and mental health

“Witch hunting in Jharkhand: does mental health has any business on it?” by Kamlesh Kumar Sahu is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
Night terrors and sleepwalking
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®.
Training on mental health programme

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, earthquake, and stress

“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®).
Chief Guest
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’.
Paramedical training programme
‘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
“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.