Index Copernicus Value (ICV) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) for the year 2016 is 94.56.

The forthcoming issue of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), i.e. January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1 is now available online.

The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is included for listing on the Journals Directory of the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE)/Nurse Author & Editor.

Editorial Board Members of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Mythili Hazarika and Dan Joseph Stein meet during Symposium on OCD and Related Disorders at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India.

Dr. Bornali Das, Secretary of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) spoke for a workshop on “Aligning polytechnics towards skill and competency based learning” in Administrative Staff College, Khanapara, Guwahati.

The 27th Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State Branch (IPSASB) has been organised by the Jorhat unit of IPSASB in collaboration with Doctors’ Club, Jorhat at IORA Resort, Kaziranga on 6-8 October 2017. The theme of the conference is “Autism spectrum disorder: present and future”.

On the occasion, a souvenir and a scientific update are released. The souvenir is edited by Dipjyoti Bora. The Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) in collaboration with Bookbell on behalf of the organising committee, published the scientific update bearing the International Standard Book Number (ISBN): 978-93-85063-22-0 and edited by Dipjyoti Bora and Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS^®).

Dr. Kamal Nath, MD joins the Advisory Board of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®). Dr. Nath is the Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Silchar, Assam, India.

The Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) takes over as Publisher of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), formerly Dysphrenia, edited by Shyamanta Das on behalf of Academia Dysphrenia.

The deed of trust, namely the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) is declared on this 20th Day of September 2017 at Guwahati and registered in the Kamrup Metropolitan Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Assam, India.

Work on registration of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) is in progress at the Kamrup Metropolitan DC Office, Guwahati courtesy Advocate Partha Dutta.