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Journal Title: Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
This editorial draws the timeline of the journal at the backdrop of mental health scenario in a low and middle income country.
Authors and Affiliations
Shyamanta Das, Simanta Talukdar
A cross-sectional study of self-stigma and discrimination among patients with depression
Background: Patients with psychiatric disorders suffer from stigma and discrimination along with signs and symptoms of the disorder. In addition, majority of research till date has been done on public stigma and perceive...
Reflections on and discussions about 'Luminous Life: A New Model of Humanistic Psychotherapy'
This paper is an attempt to introduce a new approach in Humanistic Psychotherapy. It grew out of a psychiatry consultant’s years of work in individual psychotherapy with the patients and got published in a self-help form...
Study on patterns and prevalence of EEG abnormalities in children presenting with behavioural disturbances in psychiatry OPD, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital
Background of the study: Children with behavioural abnormalities and developmental disorders are often advised electroencephalography (EEG) for evaluation of electrophysiological process of the brain to rule out any orga...
Adverse drug reactions monitoring of psychotropic drugs: a tertiary care centre study
Background: Many new psychotropic drugs/ agents have been developed and found to be effective in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. However, these drugs also exhibit adverse drug reactions (ADRs) which may affect co...
A rare case of trichotillomania with antisocial personality disorder
Trichotillomania (TTM) is characterised by recurrent and irresistible urge to pull out one’s own body hair. It is often associated with trichorrhizophagia in which there is a habit to eat the roots of pulled out hairs. I...