Editorial Board
Editors-in-Chief
Shyamanta Das
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032,
Assam, India
editor@ojpas.com
Associate Editor
Samrat Singh Bhandari,
MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University,
5th Mile, NH 31A, Tadong, Gangtok-737102, Sikkim, India
Member, International Forum of Teachers (IFT), UNESCO Haifa Bioethics Chair
ojpas.editor@gmail.com, samrat.bhandari@yahoo.co.in
Executive Editor
Uddip Talukdar,
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Jania Road, Joti Gaon,
Barpeta-781301, Assam, India
uddiptalukdar@rediffmail.com
Managing Editor
Utpal Bora,
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032,
Assam, India
drubindia77@rediffmail.com
Assistant Editor
Shijo John Joseph,
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University,
5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim-737102, India
shijojj90@gmail.com
Section Editor: COVID-19
Shijo John Joseph,
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University,
5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim-737102, India
shijojj90@gmail.com
Section Editors: The Resident's Agora
Shijo John Joseph,
MD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences, Sikkim Manipal University,
5th Mile, Tadong, Gangtok, Sikkim-737102, India
shijojj90@gmail.com
Nileswar Das,
MD, Senior Resident (Psychiatry), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India
dr.nileswar@gmail.com
Members
Mythili Hazarika,
MA, MPhil, PhD Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
hazarika.mythili@gmail.com
Ivana Stasevic Karlicic
Adult and Forensic Psychiatrist, Clinic for Psychiatric Disorders, “Dr Laza Lazarevic”, Belgrade, Serbia
ivanastasevic73@gmail.com
Dan Joseph Stein,
FRCPC, PhD Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry &am; Mental Health, University of Cape Town & UCT-Affiliated Hospitals, South Africa
dan.stein@uct.ac.za
Bornali Das,
PhD Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
dt.bornali@gmail.com
Maheshwar Nathi Tripathi,
MD Consultant Psychiatrist, Mahadeva Neuropsychiatry Centre, Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi-221002, Uttar Pradesh, India
dr.maheshwar@gmail.com
Kamlesh Kumar Sahu
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Psychiatric Social Work
Managing Editor, Journal of Disability Studies
Associate Professor (Psychiatric Social Work), Department of Psychiatry, Level-V, Block-D, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh-160030, India
withkamlesh@gmail.com
Krishan Kumar
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER)
(Institute of National Importance, Government of India), Sector 12, Chandigarh-160012, India
keshusony@rediffmail.com
Anweshak Das
MD, Consultant Psychiatrist, Guwahati Psychiatric Clinic, Guwahati, Assam, India
drdasanweshak@yahoo.in
Unaiza Niaz MD, DPM, FRCPsych; Consultant Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist; Honorary Member, The World Psychiatric
Association (WPA); Honorary Member, Arab Federation of Psychiatrists; Advisory Council Member, Section on
Women's Mental Health, WPA; Distinguish International Member, American Psychiatric Association; Advisory Board Member,
International Association of Women's Mental Health; Vice President, Eastern Mediterranean Region, & Board Member,
World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH)
drunaiza@gmail.com, unaizaniaz@gmail.com
Leslie Marneau
Clinical Psychologist, Trainer and Consultant, A Bus For Autism, Paris, France
lesliemarneau@hotmail.fr
Putul Mahanta
MBBS MD FIAMLE FICFMT, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Health Research and Medico Legal Practice (IJHRMLP),
Professor, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Assam Medical College, Barbari, Dibrugarh, Assam
786002, Assam, India
drpmahanta@gmail.com, ptlmahanta@hotmail.co.uk, editor@ijhrmlp.org
Russell Franco D'Souza
MBBS, MD (Madras), FCGP (I), DPM (Melbourne), MPM (Monash),
CCTMg (Canberra), IFAPA (USA), MHSM (Monash), ABDA (USA), FCHSM (Australia), MUCB (Haifa), Fellowship in International Bioethics Education (MUHS), DSc (Honoris Causa)
Founding Managing Editor of the Asian Journal of Psychiatry Head,
Asia Pacific Division, UNESCO Chair in Bioethics (Haifa), Melbourne, Australia
Executive Director and Dean, Professor of Organizational Psychological Medicine, International Institute of Organisational Psychological Medicine,
Australia: USA: UK: India. www.iiopm.org
71 Cleeland Street Melbourne, 3175 Australia
M +61435854474 T +61 3 96453388 F +61 3 979467189 5545
N Wickham Road, Suite 110 Melbourne, Florida 32940 USA
M +1 321 424 8751 T +1 321 779 9838 F+1 888 376 9654 russell.f.dsouza@gmail.com
Mekhala Sarkar,
MBBS, MPH (Epidemiology), FCPS (Psychiatry)
Associate Professor (Psychiatry), National Institute of Mental Health, Sher-E-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207,
Bangladesh
Scientific Secretary, Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists Executive Editor,
Bangladesh Journal of Psychiatry
mekhala_sarkar@yahoo.com
Shahul Ameen
Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine Psychiatrist,
St. Thomas Hospital, Kurisummoodu P.O., Chethipuzha Kadavu, Changanassery, Kerala-686104, India
shahul.ameen@gmail.com
Prosenjit Ghosh
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor,
Silchar-788014, Assam, India
p_ghosh72@yahoo.com
Sujit Sarkhel
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, 7 DL Khan Road, Kolkata-700025, West Bengal, India
sujitsarkhel@gmail.com
Marami Baishya,
MSc Assistant Professor, College of Nursing NEMCARE Foundation, NH 37, Santipur, Mirza, Kamrup, Assam, India.
PIN-781125
maramibaishya@gmail.com
Shailendra Raj Adhikari,
MBBS, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Chitwan School of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, Nepal
shailendra_adhikary@hotmail.com
Antonia Ventriglio,
MD, PhD “Riuniti” Hospital, Unit of Psychiatry, Foggia, Italy;
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy-71122
drantonio.ventriglio@gmail.com
Advisory Board
TS Sathyanarayana Rao
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
www.tssrao.com, 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 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 Former Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India
dbhagabati@gmail.com
Hemendra Ram Phookun,
MD Former Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India
hrphookun@gmail.com
Shailendra Kumar Talukdar,
DPM, MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India
drsktalukdar@gmail.com
Hiranya Kumar Goswami,
MD Principal cum Chief Superintendent,, Assam Medical College Hospital, Barbari, Dibrugarh-786002, Assam, India
goswamihiranya@yahoo.co.in
Suresh Chakravarty,
MD Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781032, Assam, India
drsureshchakravarty@gmail.com
Rezib-Uz Zaman,
DPM Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor, Silchar-788014, Assam, India
drrezibuzzaman56@gmail.com
RK Lenin Singh,
MD, PhD Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Lamphelpat, Imphal-795004, Manipur, India
leninrk@yahoo.com
Usha Sarma,
MD, PhD Medical Superintendent, Tezpur Medical College & Hospital, Bihaguri, Tezpur-784010, Assam, India
ushajunu@gmail.com
Soumitra Ghosh,
MD Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Tezpur Medical College & Hospital, Bihaguri, Tezpur-784010, Assam, India
drsghosh640@yahoo.co.in
Utpal Bora,
PhD Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Guwahati-781039, Assam, India
drutpalbora@gmail.com
Arabinda N Chowdhury
Consultant Psychiatrist, Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, U.K.
arabindachowdhury985@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 Picagregos 214,
Lomas de las Aguilas, 01730 Alvaro Obregon, 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 Past Chief Editor, The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry Professor Emeritus, Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Spitalg. 4, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
siegfried.kasper@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
Ho Suk Yin (Ho Shu-Shian),
MD, MPH, MS Child Developmental Assessment & Intervention Center, Taipei City Hospital, No 145, Zhengzhou Road,
Datong District, Taipei City 10341 Taiwan (ROC)
dam81@tpech.gov.tw
Samai Sirithongthaworn,
MD Director of Suanprung Psychiatric Hospital, and Acting Director of Rajanagarindra Institute of Child Development,
Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health, 196 Moo 10, Donkaew, Maerim, Chiang Mai, 50180 Thailand
samais2001@yahoo.com
Ricardo Guinea,
MD Executive President, Word Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR)
Hospital de Dia Madrid, C/ Manuel Maranon, 4 ? 28043 Madrid
guinea@wapr.info, www.wapr.info
Kamal Nath,
MD Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Jania Road, Jatigaon,
Barpeta-781301, Assam, India
dr.kamalnath@gmail.com
Dr. Tanica Lyngdoh,
MD, MSc, PhD Additional Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health Delhi, Public Health Foundation of India, Plot 47, Sector-44,
Institutional Area Gurgaon, Haryana-122003, India
tanica.lyngdoh@iiphd.org
Ombudsman
Suresh Bada Math,
MD, DNB, PGDMLE, PGDHRL, PhD in Law (NLSIU)
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry; Chief of Tele-Medicine & Community Psychiatry;
Consultant, Forensic Psychiatry and OCD, In-charge of Legal Aid Clinic;
National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India
sureshbm@gmail.com, sbm@nimhans.ac.in
Editorial Assistants
Jeemoni Lahkar
Devyani Borkataki
Rijusmita Sarma
Arunima Dutta
Tanushree Sharma
Gitali Kakati
Hiranya Sarma
Hemanga Dutta
Statistical Consultants
Hiranya Saikia,
M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D. Senior Lecturer (Biostatistics), Department of Community Medicine (SPM), Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh-786 002,
Assam, India
hiranya.saikia@gmail.com
Sakhee Bujarbarua, Pune
Arunava Sen, Dhubri
Bhaskar Kakati, Pathsala
Legal Advisor
Bhaskar Barman,
B.Sc., LL.B. Practicing Advocate in Gauhati High Court and other Subordinate Courts
Kharghuli, Upper Luitpur, Guwahati-781004, Kamrup (Metropolitan), Assam, India
barman.bhaskar@gmail.com
Reviewers
Aarti Jagannathan
Abhishek Priyadarshee
Adarsh Dharendra
Adonis Sfera
Akanksha Mohta
Amereesha C
Amool Ranjan Singh
Anil Kumar
Ankita Paul
Antonia Ventriglio
Apurba Saha
Arabinda N Chowdhury
Archana Chhetri
Arif Ali
Arun Kumar V
Arundhati Bag
Arunima Gupta
Arunjyoti Baruah
Atanu Baruah
Atmesh Kumar
Balram Pandit
Basudeb Das
Bemma Konthoujam
Bharathi G
Bhupendra Singh
Bindu Annigeri
Bobby Hmar
Bornali Das
Budhiswatya Shankar Das
Chandranshu Chaturvedy
Claudia Juarez Batista
Debajit Gogoi
Debjit Roy
Deepak Pandey
Deepak S Tiwari
Deepanjali Medhi
Deepti Kathpalia
Dharmender Kumar Nehra
Dhrubajyoti Bhuyan
Dhrubajyoti Chetia
Diganta Das
Dipesh Bhagabati
Dushad Ram
E Ananda Reddy
Farhana Rahman
G Ragesh
Gitumoni Konwar
Gobinda Majhi
Gopal Das CM
Gorky Medhi
Harshavardhan Sampath
Hemendra Ram Phookun
Hemendra Singh
Hiranya Saikia
Indrajeet Banerjee
Ivana Stasevic Karlicic
Jagdish Sadiza
Jashandeep Singh
Junu Devi
Kakoli Nath
Kamal Narayan Kalita
Kamal Nath
Kamala Deka
Kamlesh Kumar Sahu
Kangkan Pathak
Karnik Kishore
Kaveri Saxena
Kinga Choden Chewang
Kornilia Hatzinikolaou
Krishan Kumar
Lakshmana G
Lakshya Basumatary
Leslie Marneau
M Raghavi
Maheshwar Nath Tripathi
Manas K Kalita
Marami Baishya
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Mekhala Sarkar
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Mythili Hazarika
Nabanita Barman
Narayan R Mutalik
Naresh Nebhinani
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Shahul Ameen
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