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Anubhav, the souvenir of the Gauhati Medical College Hospital Karmachari Santha (GMCHKS) is released during its 35th biennial conference held in Academic Hall, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GMCH, Guwahati. Shyamanta Das, the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS^®) wrote on ‘stress at workplace’.

The article, titled “Karmasthanat manoxik chap” began with mention about the journal’s editorial board member Professor Russell Franco D’Souza, MD and his International Institute of Organisational Psychological Medicine. The article also discusses the original work “A study to assess burnout among nurses of maternity department in Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Assam” by Marami Baishya and Bivarani Goswami that was published in the January-June 2016, Volume 7 Issue 1 of the journal.

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Dr. Hiranya Saikia, M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D. joins the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS^®) as Statistical Consultant. Dr. Saikia is the Senior Lecturer (Biostatistics) in the Department of Community Medicine (SPM), Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh-786 002, Assam, India.

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With the patronage of Professor Hemendra Ram Phookun, HOD and the initiative of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS^®), Dr Niyati Prasad conducted a workshop on “Clinical research” in the Seminar Room of the Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India.

Dr Niyati is the Medical Director of Vertex from Paddington, London and in the workshop she covered study design, randomised controlled trial, sample size, and drug development in different phases. Dr Jyotismita Choudhury convened the workshop and the event was made lively by the participation of the following:

1. Prof Shailendra Kumar Talukdar
2. Dr Bobby Hmar
3. Dr Shyamanta Das
4. Dr Utpal Bora
5. Dr Simanta Talukdar
6. Dr Bishnu Baishyal
7. Dr Bornali Das
8. Hemanta Sharma
9. Dr Juhi Gupta
10. Dr Rajnikant Mehar
11. Dr Sanjay Singh
12. Dr Sanju Borgohain
13. Dr Suranjita Mazumdar
14. Dr Arundhati Bhagabati
15. Dr Jita Baruah
16. Dr Jyotismita Choudhury
17. Dr Rajvardhan Narayan
18. Dr Amlanjyoti Deb
19. Dr Chayanika Chaudhury
20. Dr Nilofar Rahman
21. Dr Porinita Chutia
22. Dr Priyam Sharma
23. Dr Sasanka Kumar Kakati

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Shyamanta Das, Editor-in-Chief of the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS^®) attended the Mid Term CME of the Meghalaya Branch of the Indian Psychiatric Society at Shillong as a speaker on the topic, “ABCD of child psychiatry- a newer understanding”.

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