Chairing distinguished lectures

Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) is chairing distinguished lectures by Rebecca Brendel, the President of the American Psychiatric Association and Ramaswamy Viswanathan, the President Elect of the American Psychiatric Association on ‘A roadmap for the future of psychiatry’ and ‘Cultural issues in physician-patient communication’ respectively during the World Psychiatric Association’s Regional Congress (WPARC) 2023 at ITC Royal Bengal, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Epileptic patients with disorder of awareness of body

“A case series on disorder on psychiatric symptoms in epileptic patients with emphasis on the disorder of awareness of body” by Raj Kumar Seal, Barasha Saharia, Bishruta Goswami, and Rima Phukan is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
Body awareness disorders
‘Body awareness disorders’ is the title of this fortnight’s Mind Matters column of Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) in Horizon, the Monday supplement with The Assam Tribune.
A case of overdose of fluphenazine decanoate injection

“A case of overdose of fluphenazine decanoate injection” by Barasha Saharia and Soumitra Ghosh is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
Initial phase of COVID-19 lockdown

“Planning of use of social and entertainment media and associated fear of addiction to it during initial phase of COVID-19 lockdown” by Mustakim Ahmed, Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan, Seujee Goswami, Hiranya Saikia, and Shyamanta Das is the new Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
Publishing research

Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), formerly Dysphrenia and the Head of the Department, Department of Psychiatry, Dhubri Medical College Hospital, Dhubri, Assam, India is speaking on ‘Publishing research’ as part of the workshop, ‘Essentials of psychiatric research’ in the 23rd Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Private Psychiatry (ANCIAPP 2022) held in Swatantrata Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India with the theme of ‘Decoding the clinical practice of psychiatry… art of science or the science of art’ along with Sanjiba Dutta, Samrat Singh Bhandari, and Maheshwar Nath Tripathi that is chaired by Hemendra Ram Phookun.


Distress and stigma
In the fortnightly Mind Matters column, titled “Distress and stigma” 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, the original paper (research article), “An exploration of psychological distress and stigma in frontline workers amidst COVID-19 from Andhra Pradesh, India” by Keya Das, Bhavya Sree R, and Madhu Sekhar C is highlighted that is published in the July-December 2021, Volume 12 Issue 2 of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
Patients with alcohol dependence syndrome

“Psychiatric comorbidity and reason for relapse in patients with alcohol dependence syndrome” by Lipika Malik, Vikas Punia, and Preiti Modi is the new Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).



