‘7+5=13’ and OJPAS this issue
Journal Title: Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
The history of the journal and the current scenario with the contemporary happenings were covered by the Editor-in-Chief in his editorial for this issue.
Authors and Affiliations
Shyamanta Das
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 of adverse drug reactions of atypical antipsychotic drugs in the department of psychiatry in a tertiary care hospital of Assam
Objective: To monitor the adverse drug reactions (ADRs) of atypical antipsychotic drugs in the outpatient department (OPD) of psychiatry in Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) of Assam, and also to find out the c...
Epidemiology and biostatistics: fundamentals of research methodology
Epidemiology and statistics is an essential modern science whose understanding now forms a base of any research in any form. Epidemiology deals with the distribution and determinants of health-related states, while biost...
Calcium channel blocker-induced depression: a case report from South India
Flunarizine is a cerebro-selective calcium channel blocker, commonly prescribed for migraine prophylaxis and is considered as non-inferior to propranolol to reduce the frequency of migraine attacks. A 50-year-old female...
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...