“‘White handkerchief’: a patient of attenuated psychosis syndrome” by Sachin Arora, Dipesh Bhagabati, Shyamanta Das, Hemendra Ram Phookun, Mythili Hazarika, and Shailendra Kumar Talukdar, and published in the Journal of Rural and Community Psychiatry, is now in both PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6583808) and PubMed (PMID: 31218246).

The Assam Tribune in the City page covered as news (“Workshop held”) the workshop on “Research: What and How? From framing research questions to reference styles” organised by the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) in collaboration with the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in The Space (located at 123 Guwahati, i.e. Rajgarh bye lane 1, House no. 2, Flat no. 3) on 5 June 2019 where Prof. Anurag Srivastava, Professor and Head, Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.), New Delhi was the resource person. The workshop was followed by a discussion on the development of a research project on the LGBT community.

“Ten” by Simanta Talukdar, Shyamanta Das, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Uddip Talukdar, and Devyani Borkataki is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

In the fortnightly Mind Matters column in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Sexual dysfunctions”, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das focuses on the original article, “Study of comorbid psychiatric diagnoses in premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction” by Ashish Hanmantrao Chepure and Apurva Karmveer Ungratwar, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.

“Reliability and validity of the Screening Tool for Assessment of Psychosocial Problems” by Kamlesh Kumar Sahu, Bir Singh Chavan, Chandra Bala, and Shikha Tyagi is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“Social cognitive deficits and need for social cognitive remediation in schizophrenia” by Mythili Hazarika and published in Dysphrenia, renamed to the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is now in PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6553654).

This fortnight’s Mind Matters column of the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Kidney and mind” highlights the original article, “Depression, anxiety, and their association with sociodemographic factors in patients undergoing haemodialysis: a cross-sectional study” by Ranjit Kumar Pindikura, Anuhya Guyton Gunturu, and Uday Kumar Kadiveti, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.

“Parents’ attitude towards children and adolescents with intellectual developmental disorder” by Mythili Hazarika, Shyamanta Das, and Sandamita Choudhury, and published in the International Journal of Child Development and Mental Health, is now in both PubMed (PMID: 31131373) and PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6530459).

“Strength-based approach in dealing with severe mental illness” by Febna Moorkath, G Ragesh, and Ameer Hamza is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“‘Manassariyaam’ counters to screen for depression: an IMHANS experience” by G Ragesh, Seema P Uthaman, Abdul Salam, and Minu Williams is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).