The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das, in fortnightly Mind Matters of Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Hand cleanliness” highlights the original paper (research article), “Knowledge of hand cleanliness among medical students and nurses at tertiary healthcare centre: a cross-sectional study” by Bandana Mahanta, DK Das, Pollov Borah, Putul Mahanta, and Malamoni Dutta, and published in the January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

Titled “Nosophobia of COVID-19”, 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, highlights the original article: research paper, “Nosophobia, hypochondriasis, and willingness of people to seek healthcare amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria” by Nta Obono Okoi and John John Etim, and published in the January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

“OJPAS® this issue” by Shyamanta Das, Samrat Singh Bhandari, and Mythili Hazarika is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).