“Consultation-liaison (C-L) psychiatry during the COVID-19 crisis” by Satti Raja Sitanggang, Santi Yuliani, Azimatul Karimah, and Shijo John Joseph is the new Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“Conceptual framework of psychiatric care in India: moving from community psychiatry to public psychiatry” by Barikar C Malathesh, Narayana Manjunatha, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Suresh Bada Math, and Jagadisha Thirthalli is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“Evaluation of attitude and regard towards mental illness in comparison with chronic medical conditions among final year nursing students” by Chandraprakash Poornima, Beesanahalli Shanmukhappa Sachin, Anjana Krishna Kumar, Ipsita Debata, and Vedalaveni Chowdappa Suresh is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

“COVID-19-related stigma towards doctors in India: an online cross-sectional study” by Srikrishna Nukala, Archana Vinnakota, Venkata Abhilash Garapati, Srinivas Singisetti, Shvetha Chilukuri, Vidya Sanapala, and Lakshmana Rao Nambaru is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).

The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das in the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Attitudes towards psychiatry” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune highlights the original article: research paper, “Comparison of attitudes toward psychiatry among undergraduate and postgraduate medical students” by Prosenjit Ghosh, Monu Doley, Nibedita Dutta, and Ankur Bhattacharya, and published in the January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Testing stress in medical interns” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune highlights the original paper: research article, “Personality and coping styles in medical internees: a cross-sectional study” by Harish Kulkarni, Sudarshan CY, and Shamshad Begum, and published in January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

In the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Tele-counselling during COVID-19” 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 paper: research article, “Profile of distress callers and service utilisation of tele-counselling among the population of Assam, India: an exploratory study during COVID-19” by Mythili Hazarika, Bornali Das, Shyamanta Das, Atanu Baruah, Nivedita Sharma, Chandamita Barua, Jayashree Das, Sandamita Choudhury, Dyuksha Hazarika, Phulen Sarma, and Samrat Singh Bhandari, and published in January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das discusses the review article, ‘Psychological ramifications of detraining effects in sportspersons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: a consensus compendium’ by Jerrin Shaji Kizhakkekara, Shijo John Joseph, and Guru S Gowda, and published in the January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS® in this fortnight’s Mind Matters column, titled “Sportspersons amidst the COVID-19 pandemic” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune.

This fortnight’s Mind Matters column of the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das, titled “Novel approach for novel threat” in Horizon, the Friday supplement with The Assam Tribune focuses on the Editorial, “A novel approach to address the novel threat” by Mythili Hazarika, Bornali Das, Shyamanta Das, Suresh Bada Math, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Lakshmanan S, Kailash Karthik, Pomi Baruah, Najeeb Hazarika, Hardeep Singh Bambrah, Kanika Suri; the Monon: Assam Cares programme, and published in the January-June 2021, Volume 12 Issue 1 of OJPAS®.

‘Concerns and pain of lockdowns’ is the title of 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 that focuses on the letter to editor, “Psychological concerns and musculoskeletal pain amidst the COVID-19 lockdown” by Shijo John Joseph, Sheikh Shoib, Thejaswi SG, and Samrat Singh Bhandari, and published in the July-December 2020, Volume 11 Issue 2 of OJPAS®.