“Father and son attachment styles in alcoholic and non-alcoholic families” by Mythili Hazarika and Dipesh Bhagabati, and published in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) (January-June 2018, Volume 9 Issue 1) becomes the second article from OJPAS® to be included in the PubMed Central (PMC) (PMCID: PMC6424342).

The abstract of the original article, titled “An exploratory study from eastern India on neurological soft signs and spontaneous movement disorders in schizophrenia spectrum disorders” by Shyamanta Das, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Simanta Talukdar, Arunima Dutta, Nabanita Barman, and Dipesh Bhagabati, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in PubMed (PMID: 30868105). This is the first OJPAS® article to be in PubMed. It is now in both PubMed and PubMed Central (PMCID: PMC6411054).

In the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Sex and depression” of Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das wrote about the original article, “A study of sexual dysfunction in patients with major depressive disorder” by Riddhish K Maru, Bindoo S Jadhav, Bharat R Shah, and Hemangee S Dhavale, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.

“Calcium channel blocker-induced depression: a case report from South India” by Sumana Gundam and Keya Das is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“An exploratory study from eastern India on neurological soft signs and spontaneous movement disorders in schizophrenia spectrum disorders” by Shyamanta Das, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Simanta Talukdar, Arunima Dutta, Nabanita Barman, and Dipesh Bhagabati becomes the first article from the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) to be included in the PubMed Central (PMC) (PMCID: PMC6411054).

“Content validity of a structured tool: knowledge questionnaire on behavioural problems” by Nabanita Barman and Mridula Saikia Khanikor is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

In the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Medical students: quality of life” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune, Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) discusses the original article, “A study on the quality of life of undergraduate medical students” by Saurav Biswas, Rajshekhar Bipeta, Umashankar Molangur, and Lakshman Rao Reshaboyina, and published in the current issue (January-June 2019, Volume 10 Issue 1) of OJPAS®.

“Study of sociodemographic correlates, anxiety, and depression among opioid dependents admitted in treatment centers in Sikkim, India” by Bishnu Sharma, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Sanjiba Dutta, and Geeta Soohinda is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is in Toronto Public Library.

The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) receives the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Title Abbreviation: Open J Psychiatry Allied Sci.