‘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.
Events
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.
Parenting
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.
Open Science Directory

The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the Open Science Directory.
Doctors’ Training Programme
Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) and Jayanta Dutta were the resource persons, assisted by Nimisha Bora in “One Day Doctors’ Training Programme” under District Mental Health Programme, Morigaon held in Morigaon Civil Hospital.
ANCIPS 2018
Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das chaired a session and presented a symposium in the 70th Annual National Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society (ANCIPS 2018) held at the Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi from 5 to 8 February.
With Bhavesh M Lakdavala, Shyamanta chaired the Free Paper Session 2 at Hall B from 0800 to 0900 hours on 6 February. With Simanta Talukdar, Shyamanta presented the symposium, “Transiliences in psychiatry: from phrenology to brainology” at Hall F from 0900 to 1000 hours on 8 February.
Utpal Bora as Managing Editor

Dr. Utpal Bora, MD joins the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) as the Managing Editor. Dr. Utpal is the Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychiatry in the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati.
OJPAS® in Index Copernicus
The current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the Index Copernicus.
OJPAS® in DOAJ

The current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
OJPAS® in ResearchBib

The current issue (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the ResearchBib.