OJPAS®

ISSN: 2394-2053 (Print)

ISSN: 2394-2061 (Online)

RN: ASSENG/2016/70661 (RNI)

OJPAS^®

Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences,

Formerly Dysphrenia

About Us

The Open Journal of Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (OJPAS®), formerly Dysphrenia is a peer-reviewed academic journal published biannually by Academy Publisher in collaboration with the Society for Mental Health in LAMIC (SoMHiL) on behalf of Academia Dysphrenia.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Shyamanta Das, MD

Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Psychiatry, Dhubri Medical College Hospital, P.O. Jhagrarpar SPO, Dhubri, Assam, India. PIN - 783325

editor@ojpas.com

Members

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 & Mental Health, University of Cape Town & UCT-Affiliated Hospitals, South Africa

dan.stein@uct.ac.za

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

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

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russell.f.dsouza@gmail.com

Mekhala Sarkar (ডা: মেখলা সরকার), 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,

Mise En Scene, Behind Anandashramam, Changanacherry, Kerala 686101, India

shahulameen@yahoo.com

Prosenjit Ghosh

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Silchar Medical College Hospital, Ghungoor,

Silchar-788014, Assam, India

p_ghosh72@yahoo.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

Antonio 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

Carlos Campos, MSc in Psychiatry and Mental Health, PhD in Neuroscience

Professor and Researcher at LabRP - School of Health, Polytechnic University of Porto and HEI-Lab, Lusófona University

R. Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida 400, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal

carlosm.martins.campos@gmail.com, cgc@ess.ipp.pt

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

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, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College Hospital, Jania Road, Jatigaon, Barpeta-781301, 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 Día Madrid, C/ Manuel Marañón, 4 – 28043 Madrid

guinea@wapr.info, www.wapr.info

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

Section Editor: The Resident’s Agora

Nileswar Das, MD,

Senior Resident (Psychiatry), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India

dr.nileswar@gmail.com

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.