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Online training
Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Mythili Hazarika, the President of the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL), and Bornali Das, the Secretary of SoMHiL were the resource persons in the online training programme on stress management relating to COVID-19 pandemic through ZOOM from the conference hall of the Principal, Gauhati Medical College Hospital. It was the initiative of Dr. N. Lalsim, Additional Director of Health Services cum State Nodal Officer (SNO), National Mental Health Programme (NMHP), Assam, as desired by Government of Assam, for the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) team (District Programme Officer [DPO], Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker, and Community Nurse). Visit:
Telemedicine webinar
The Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Shyamanta Das joined and participated in the webinar on telemedicine by Dr. Suresh Bada Math (Professor & Head of Forensic Psychiatry Services, Head of Tele-medicine Centre, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India) focusing on the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines notified by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India.
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Corona, lock-down and their social impact
Suresh Chakravarty, the Advisory Board Member of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) wrote on “Corona, lock-down and their social impact” in Amar Asom.
Novel coronavirus and mental health
“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 is the new Advance Online Publication of the Open Journal of Psychiatry& Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
COVID 19 and mental health
The Editorial Assistant of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), Rijusmita Sarma wrote “COVID 19 and mental health” in The Sentinel.
Online only
As a preventive step from the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the upcoming January-June 2020, Volume 11 Issue 1 of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®) will have only the online version without the print edition.
Stigma and discrimination in schizophrenia and depression
“Stigma and discrimination in patients suffering with schizophrenia and depression: a comparative study” by Srikrishna Nukala, Srinivas Singisetti, Shvetha Chilukuri, Archana Vinnakota, and Lakshmana Rao Nambaru is the new Advance Online Publication in the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®).
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