Academy Publisher publishes the journal, namely the Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS) (pISSN: 2394-2053, eISSN: 2394-2061)

Names and affiliations of individuals responsible for the scientific quality of OJPAS:

Editor-in-Chief

Shyamanta Das

MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

dr.shyamantadas@gmail.com

Executive Editor

Uddip Talukdar

MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India

uddiptalukdar@rediffmail.com

Editorial Board

Soumitra Ghosh

MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Assam Medical College Hospital, Barbari, Dibrugarh-786002, Assam, India

drsghosh640@yahoo.co.in

Kamal Nath

MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor, Silchar-788014, Assam, India

drkamalnath@yahoo.com

Bijoy Pratim Chaudhuri

MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Mind Care, Guwahati, Assam, India

docbijoy@yahoo.com

Chayanika Sarma

MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Supercare Hospital, Laitumkhrah, Shillong-793003, Meghalaya, Assam, India

chaya.majoni@gmail.com

Madhukar J Chaudhury

MD, Medical & Health Officer, Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital: an annexe of Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

madhukarchaudhury@yahoo.com

Maheshwar Nathi Tripathi

MD, Consultant Psychiatris, Mahadeva Neuropsychiatry Centre, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi-221002, Uttar Pradesh, India

dr.maheshwar@gmail.com

Atmesh Kumar

MD, Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India

dr.atmesh@gmail.com

Kamlesh Kumar Sahu

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Psychiatry (IPGME&R, SSKM Hospital), 7 DL Khan Road, Kolkata-700025, West Bengal, India

withkamlesh@gmail.com

Syed Yasin Shahtaz Emanee

Editor, The Journal of 2013-2014 Gauhati Medical College

MBBS, Guwahati, Assam, India

yasin_beta@yahoo.co.in

Arijit Rumu Baruah

Editor, The Journal of 2014-2015 Gauhati Medical College

Passed MBBS, Undergoing pre-registration rotating compulsory apprenticeship at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

rumubaruah268@gmail.com

Krishan Kumar

Editor, Journal of Rural and Community Psychiatry

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMS, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India

keshusony@rediffmail.com

Utpal Bora

PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, Assam, India

drutpalbora@gmail.com

Navoneela Bardhan

MBBS, MD, Registrar, Department of Psychiatry, Jorhat Medical College Hospital, Jorhat, Assam, India

navo11610@gmail.com

Anweshak Das

MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Guwahati Psychiatric Clinic, Guwahati, Assam, India

drdasanweshak@yahoo.in

Advisory Board

TS Sathyanarayana Rao

Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry; Editor, South Asian Societies for Sexual Medicine; Chief Advisor, Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine; Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry; Indian Journal of Geriatric Mental Health; Editorial Board Member, SPF Journal of Psychiatry (SAARC Psychiatric Federation)

President, Indian Association for Geriatric Mental Health; Secretary, Human Sexuality Section, WPA; Member, Positive Psychiatry Section – WPA

Professor,  Department of Psychiatry, No 1111, 1st Floor, ‘B’ Block, JSS University, JSS Medical College and Hospital, MG Road, Mysore – 570004

http://www.indianjpsychiatry.org, http://www.tssrao.com, http://www.totalsexsolutions.com

tssrao19@yahoo.com, tssrao19@gmail.com

MS Bhatia

Editor, Delhi Psychiatry Journal

Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi-110095, India

manbhatia1@rediffmail.com

Ajai Singh

MD, Editor, Mens Sana Monographs, Mens Sana Research Foundation, 14, Shiv Kripa, Trimurty Road, Nahur, Mulund (W), Mumbai-400080, Maharashtra, India

menssanamonographs@yahoo.co.uk

Debasish Basu

MD, DNB, MAMS, Editor, Indian Journal of Social Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry, Drug De-addiction & Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh-160012, India

db_sm2002@yahoo.com

Vivek Agarwal

MD, Editor, Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow-226003, Uttar Pradesh, India

drvivekagarwal@gmail.com

Smita N Deshpande

MD, DPM, Consultant, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry & De-addiction Services & Resource Centre for Tobacco Control, PGIMER- Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Park Street, New Delhi-110001, India

smitadeshp@gmail.com

Dipesh Bhagabati

DPM, MD, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

dbhagabati@gmail.com

Hemendra Ram Phookun

MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India

hrphookun@gmail.com

Shailendra Kumar Talukdar

DPM, MD, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Tezpur Medical College Hospital, Tezpur, Assam, India

dr.sktalukdar_2010@rediffmail.com

Hiranya Kumar Goswami

MD, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Assam Medical College Hospital, Barbari, Dibrugarh-786002, Assam, India

goswamihiranya@yahoo.co.in

Suresh Chakravarty

MD, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Jania Road, Jatigaon, Barpeta-781314, Assam, India

drsureshchakravarty@gmail.com

Rezib-uz Zaman

DPM, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor, Silchar-788014, Assam, India

drrezibuzzaman56@gmail.com

RK Lenin Singh

MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat, Imphal-795004, Manipur, India

leninrk@yahoo.com

Pinaki Chakravarty

MD, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Pharmacology, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor, Silchar-788014, Assam, India

dr_pinaki@yahoo.com

Usha Sarma

MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India

ushajunu@gmail.com

International Advisory Board

Arabinda N Chowdhury (UK), Unaiza Niaz (Pakistan), Susmita Hazarika Dutta (USA), Balram Pandit (Fiji), Kornilia Hatzinikolaou (Greece), Claudia Juarez Batista (Mexico), Rajiv Siotia (Australia), Siegfried Kasper (Austria), David J Nutt (UK), Dan J Stein (South Africa)

Arabinda N Chowdhury

62 Abbots Way, Kettering, Northants NN15 6FW, United Kingdom

arabindachowdhury985@gmail.com

Unaiza Niaz

MD, DPM, FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist, Honorary Member, The World Psychiatric Association, Chair Section on WMH, The World Psychiatric Association, Distinguish International Member American Psychiatric Association, Advisory Board Member, International Association of Women’s Mental Health, Vice President, Eastern Mediterranean Region, & Board Member, WFMH

unaizaniaz@gmail.com

Susmita Hazarika Dutta

5092 Nottingham Place Lane, Apt 202, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106, USA

hazarika.susmita@gmail.com

Balram Pandit

Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, Fiji National University

balram.pandit@fnu.ac.fj

Kornilia Hatzinikolaou

PhD, Lecturer of Developmental Psychopathology, School of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece

corinahatzinikolaou@hotmail.com

Claudia Juarez Batista

LCP, MSC, Clinical Psychologist, Wellness Consultant, Stress management Expert, Speaker and trainer, Mexico City, Mexico

claudiajuarez@transformatuestres.com

Rajiv Siotia

FRANZCP, MRCPsych, CCT, MMedSCi, PGCME, MBBS, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), Lead Consultant in Acute and Bed Based Services, Consultant Psychiatrist, Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, Adjunct Lecturer, Monash University: Gippsland Campus, Traralgon, Victoria, Australia

rajiv.siotia@gmail.com

Siegfried Kasper

MD, Chief Editor, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, Chair, Section on Pharmacopsychiatry, World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University Vienna, MUV, AKH, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria

biol-psychiatry@meduniwien.ac.at

David J Nutt

DM, FRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College, London, W12 0NN, UK

d.nutt@imperial.ac.uk

Dan Joseph Stein

BSc, MB ChB, FRCPC, FRSSAf, PhD, DPhil, Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the MRC Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders

dan.stein@uct.ac.za

Editorial Assistants

Gitali Kakati

Hemanga Dutta

Statistical Consultants

Bhaskar Kakati, Pathsala

Arunava Sen, Dhubri

Sakhee Bujarbarua, Pune

Reviewers

Aarti Jagannathan, Adonis Sfera, Arabinda N Chowdhury, Arunjyoti Baruah, Atmesh Kumar, Balram Pandit, Bobby Hmar, Bornali Das, Claudia Juarez Batista, Debajit Gogoi, Deepanjali Medhi, Deepti Kathpalia, Dharmender Kumar Nehra, Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan, Dhrubajyoti Chetia, Diganta Das, Dipesh Bhagabati, Gitumoni Konwar, Hemendra Ram Phookun, Ivana Stasevic Karlicic, Kamal Narayan Kalita, Kamal Nath, Kamala Deka, Kamlesh Kumar Sahu, Kangkan Pathak, Kornilia Hatzinikolaou, Krishan Kumar, Maheshwar Nath Tripathi, Manas K Kalita, Mona Srivastava, Mythili Hazarika, Nabanita Barman, Navoneela Bardhan, Partha Choudhury, Pinaki Chakravarty, Poreddi Vijayalakshmi, Pradeep Kumar, Prasanta Kumar Roy, Prosenjit Ghosh, Prashant Srivastava, R Sreevani, Raaj Konwar, Rajeev Dogra, Rajiv Siotia, Ravi Philip Rajkumar, Renjith R Pillai, Sakhee Bujarbarua, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Shyamanta Das, Simanta Talukdar, Sinu E, Soma Hazra, Soumik Sengupta, Soumitra Ghosh, Subhash Das, Sucharita Mandal, Sudeshna Chakrabarti, Suresh Bada Math, Suresh Chakravarty, Susmita Hazarika, Syed Yasin Shahtaz Emanee, Uddip Talukdar, Unaiza Niaz

Academy Publisher published the book, namely the ‘Brain understanding of mental illness’ (ISBN: 978-93-85063-01-5)

Names and affiliations of individuals responsible for the scientific quality of the book:

Editors

Shyamanta Das
MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
dr.shyamantadas@gmail.com

Deepanjali Medhi
MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
deepanjali.medhi@yahoo.com

Jayanta Dutta
MD, Medical & Health Officer, Marigaon Civil Hospital, Marigaon, Assam, India
jayantadutta75@gmail.com

Suresh Chakravarty
MD, Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India
drsureshchakravarty@gmail.com

Editorial Board

Asim Kumar Mallick
President, Indian Psychiatric Society, East Zone
drakm_58@yahoo.co.in

Srikumar Mukherjee
Hony Secretary, Indian Psychiatric Society, Eastern Zone
skmukherjee50@gmail.com

Basudeb Das
Chairperson, CME Committee, Indian Psychiatric Society, Eastern Zonal Branch
basudeb71@gmail.com

Hemendra Ram Phookun
Organising Chairman, 18th Midterm CME of Indian Psychiatric Society, Eastern Zonal Branch 2015
hrphookun@gmail.com

Uddip Talukdar
MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Barpeta, Assam, India
uddiptalukdar@rediffmail.com

Simanta Talukdar
MD, Resident Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
simanta_talukdar@yahoo.com

Utpal Bora
MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
drubindia77@rediffmail.com

Navoneela Bardhan
MBBS, Postgraduate Trainee, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
navo11610@gmail.com

Hemanta Sharma
MSc, Lecturer, Psychiatric Social Work, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
tanishquanet@gmail.com

Syed Yasin Shahtaz Emanee
Passed MBBS, Undergoing pre-registration rotating compulsory apprenticeship at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
syse.beta@gmail.com

Raaj Konwar
MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nazareth Hospital, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
khunreng@gmail.com