Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled ‘Stigma within stigma’ in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune discusses the letter to editor, “How the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could have a quivering impact on mental health?” by Shijo John Joseph, Gunaseelan P, Samrat Singh Bhandari, and Sanjiba Dutta, and published in July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

‘On Mental Health Day, let us recognise trauma caused by fear of evictions’ by Devyani Borkataki and Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in EastMojo: “This year the theme is ‘Mental Health in an Unequal World.’ In the unequal world we live in, the people facing forced displacement are even more vulnerable.”

‘Hysteria of Monon: from Austria to Assam’ by Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in the Souvenir for the 31st Annual Conference of Indian Psychiatric Society, Assam State Branch, edited by Amlanjyoti Deb and Dipjyoti Bora.

The fortnightly Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled ‘Caring for our caregivers’ highlights the commentary, “COVID-19: saving the saviours should be our priority – is India in the right direction?” by Jashandeep Singh and Shelly Singhal, and published in the July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

Titled, “For peace of mind”, 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 discusses the commentary, ‘The cacophony of emotions in a mental health professional from the isolation ward during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic’ by Mythili Hazarika and published in the July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

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 “Emotional turmoils of a new mother” highlights the original article, ‘Postpartum depression and associated risk factors: a descriptive study in tertiary care teaching hospital’ by Marami Baishya and Bornali Das, and published in July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

“Efficacy of brief cognitive behavioural intervention for the treatment of psychosis: a case report” by Pritha Roy and Susmita Halder is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

Titled “About schizophrenia”, 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 focuses on the original article, “Disability and socio-occupational functioning in persons with schizophrenia” by Pomi Mahanta, Sonia P. Deuri, and Indrajeet Banerjee, and published in the July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

“Family burden among caregivers of alcohol dependence: a cross-sectional study” by Sunila Rathee, Vinay Kumar, Bhupendra Singh, Priti Singh, and Rajiv Gupta is the new Advance Online Publication in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

Titled ‘Women and their mental wellbeing’, 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 covers the original article, “Exploration of life events and perceived stress in female patients admitted in the psychiatry department of a tertiary care hospital” by Lakshmi Borgohain, Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan, and Sudhanshu Chandel, and published in the July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.