In the Mind Matters column of Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, titled “Advance Directives”, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das discusses the Review Article, “Advance Directives: identifying possible barriers in implementation and potential remedies” by Dharmender Kumar Nehra and Rajiv Gupta, published in the current issue (July-December 2019, Volume 10 Issue 2) of OJPAS®.

Titled, “Dhat syndrome”, the Mind Matters column in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, of Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) discusses the review article, “Dhat syndrome: past and present – the journey of an Indian culture-bound syndrome across the globe” by Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan and Bikashita Deka, and published in the July-December 2019, Volume 10 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.

“Effect of socio-cultural factors in therapeutic intervention” by Vasundharaa S Nair, Febna Moorkath, and Vranda MN is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

The Mind Matters column in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, of Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), titled “Menstruation and psychosis” discusses the case study, “Menstrual-related psychosis” by Binita Talukdar, Kunal Deb, and Soumik Sengupta, and published in the January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

Titled “Luminous life”, the fortnightly Mind Matters column of the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das in the Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune highlights “Reflections on and discussions about ‘Luminous Life: A New Model of Humanistic Psychotherapy’” by Mythili Hazarika and Partha Choudhury, and published in the January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

“Parenting styles, temperament, and anxiety in children: preliminary findings in the Indian population” by Sahithya BR and Vijaya Raman is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

In The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) wrote the tribute of Anjana Baruah, the mother of Atanu Baruah, the Convenor of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL).

The Mind Matters column by the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), titled “Alcohol and Quality of Life” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune highlights the original article, “Assessment of quality of life in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome” by Gopal Das Mohan Das Chikkerahally published in the January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

“Intra-psychic disarray of gender identity and sexual orientation: in the process of coming out as transsexual” by Budhiswatya Shankar Das and Soumitra Ghosh is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

Talking to The Assam Tribune in the context of the need for providing psychological assistance and counselling to the flood-affected people of the state, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) expressed his views.