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Mid-Term CME 2010
Dear Colleagues,
The Mid -Term CME of Indian Psychiatric Society held on August 7-8, 2010 at MGM Medical College Aurangabad, was a very successful scientific program. The Program was inaugurated by Chief Guest & Vice Chancellor, MGM University, Mumbai, Prof. Dr. R D Bapat and the Guest of Honor was Dr. Shashank Dalvi the Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Govt. Health University of Maharastra. The IPS President Dr. Ajit Avasthi, along with the Chief Guest, Guest of Honor, the office bearers of IPS and local Organizing Committee, lighted the lamp.
The Social Security Scheme of Indian Psychiatric Society was launched by President Dr. Ajit Avasthi and IPS publication entitled “Indian Research in Psychiatry – a journey of six decades” edited by Dr. T.S.S. Rao, Hony. Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry was released by the Chief Guest Prof. R D Bapat. These events made the CME an historic one.
The scientific sessions were very much informative & interactive. More than 350 delegates were registered. All the scientific sessions were held on time and the attendance was almost full in the hall. The social and cultural program hosted in the evening by the organizing committee was praised and enjoyed by the all participants.
Hearty Congratulations!! CME Committee Chairman Dr. G Prasad Rao, Org. Secretary Dr. Arun Marwale and his dedicated team for making the CME wonderful.
U C Garg
Hony. General Secretary
Sept 11, 2009
Indian J Psychiatry in PUBMED - UPDATE 1
Dear all,
I am really overwhelmed by the compliments pouring in regarding inclusion of IJP in PUBMED CENTRAL. Already many enquiries from some of the authors regarding the details of inclusion – whether prospective, retrospective and the early the entry of the articles to be published in the future issues in PUBMED. I will be updating you from time to time as the details are available. Some topical points which are very important are being detailed here:
For the journals indexed with PubMedCentral, the articles do not appear in PubMed for almost 4-5 weeks. This is because the XML conversion of an issue takes about 8-10 days, once we send the XML to PMC, they take a week to ten days to check and put it online in PMC. Then the data is sent to PubMed. Since PubMed is the most important bibliographic source for us to get readers who would cite our articles, it is important that our articles are available for PubMed as early as possible.
On request, PMC has agreed that we can provide data directly to PubMed before the issues appear online on PMC. However, to do so we must qualify for “Print with Electronic Articles Prepublished Model” according to their guidelines. This means that our online issues should be available at least 2 weeks prior to the scheduled publication date i.e. if it is Jan-Feb or Jan-Mar issue it should be available online by 15 December.
If we can provide data to PubMed in advance, we can even print the PubMed ID in the print issues. Early availability in PubMed would also increase the visibility of the journal and I will assure you that the editorial team will strive to meet this deadline by this year end – i.e., for the Vol 52, starting 2010.
To achieve this all newly added journals in PMC have to follow the timeline strictly from now onwards and I seek the cooperation of all concerned.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. T.S. SATHYANARAYANA RAO
Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Sept 09, 2009
Indian Journal of Psychiatry: News from the Editor's office
Dear all,
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
I am very happy to announce that the Indian Journal of Psychiatry has been cleared for PubMed central by NLM and we should be there fully by month end. It was a long cherished dream of all the members to have our journal in PubMed. I am very happy that the mission I envisaged in the beginning of my term has fructified today. I am grateful to my president Dr. E. Mohan Das who stood by me all through. I am also grateful to our President Elect Dr. Ajit Avasthi, the General Secretary Dr. Govind M. Bang, Treasurer Dr. Asim Kumar Malik, immediate past Presidents Dr. P.C. Shastri and Dr. Indla Ramasubba reddy. It is all the hard work of each one of the editorial team members and I will always be grateful to Dr. G. Swaminath, Dr. G. Prasad Rao, Dr. Roy Abraham Kallilvayalil, Dr. Ajit Bhide and Dr. Sandeep Grover. I must remember the names of all the editorial board members, the journal committee, Indian and International Advisers, the reviewers and the authors who made this possible. Ultimately much of the credit must go to Dr. Sahu and his team at Medknow Publications, Mumbai who are responsible for this achievement. My sincere thanks also go to Dr. Mezzich and the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), in particular Dr. Helen Hermann, Dr. Jair Mari, Dr. Vikram Patel, Dr. Christian Keiling and others.
Time being our journal will appear prospectively in the PubMed. The task of inclusion of retrospective issues involves substantial cost. I am confident that once approved by EC / GB, the inclusion of retrospective issues can be considered. I am working out the cost involved with the publisher and will be back to you with the further news once the information is fully gathered.
For the Time being:
Three issues are in PubMed Central. These will be online in PubMed and linked from PubMed to our sites in 3-4 and 5-7 days respectively.
The link from PubMed Central is :
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=938&action=archive
An article :
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2738407
PubMed search using PMC filter :
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pmc&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=Indian+Journal+of+Psychiatry
Once again I am grateful to all of you for the strength you all have given and the motivation you all have provided.
I Look forward to your mail and acknowledgement.
Thanking you,
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. T. S. SATHYANARAYANA RAO
Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Mid-Term CME 2009: A Brief Report
The National Mid-Term CME of IPS was held at Hotel Taj Gateway in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on 29th and 30th August, 2009. The Organizing Chairman was Dr. IRS Reddy and Organizing Secretary, Dr. Vishal Indla. The programme was inaugurated at 9 AM on the 29th of Aug 09 by Sri N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The Special Guest and Guests of Honour were Sri K. Partha Saradhi, Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Fisheries and Veteranary University, Dr. A. V. Krishnam Raju, Vice-Chancellor, NTR University of Health Sciences, Prof. H. Haragopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, Acharya Nagarjuna University and Sri Malladi Vishnuvardhan, MLA, Vijayawada Central respectively. The inaugural function was presided by IPS President, Dr. E. Mohandas. Dignitaries were felicitated by IPS Vice President, Dr. Ajit Avasthi. Other IPS Office Bearers present on dais were Secretary IPS Dr, Govind Bang, Treasurer Dr. Asim Mallik, Editor Dr. TSS Rao and CME Chairman Dr. G. Prasad Rao.
The Theme session that followed was on ‘Prescription for the mind – Psychiatrist as a scientific practitioner’ by Prof. R. Raghu Ram, Bangalore. This was followed by two debates: 1. ‘Lithium is best for management of Bipolar Disorder – Evidence vs. Experience’; Dr. Margoob Mushtaq Ahmed of Srinagar spoke for the motion and Dr. Verghese Punnose of Kottayam spoke against the motion. The discussant was Dr. Ravi Gupta from Jaipur. 2. ‘Atypical Antipsychotics are the best for Schizophrenia – Evidence vs. Experience; Dr. Kari Rama Reddy from Rajamundry spoke for and Dr. Debashis Ray from Kolkata spoke against the motion. Dr. Manaswi Gowtham from Jaipur was the discussant.
After lunch, there were two seminars on Women Mental Health. 1. ‘Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders’ by Dr. Sharita K. Shah, Mumbai and 2. Pharmacological Management of conditions in Pregnancy and Lactation by Dr. Prabha S. Chandra, Bangalore. Two concurrent workshops on skill building followed. 1. ‘Rehabilitation – Why Rehabilitation and how to start a rehabilitation Centre’ by Dr. S. Kalyansundaram, Bangalore and Dr. C. Rama Subramaniam, Madurai and 2. ‘Dementia – How to diagnose and Assess?’ by Dr. Charles Pinto, Mumbai and Dr. K. S. Shaji, Thrissur. After tea break, another two concurrent workshops on skill building took place; 1. ‘Brain Stimulation Techniques in Psychiatry’ by Dr. Venu Jhanwar, Varanasi and Dr. Sunil Mittal, New Delhi and 2. ‘Basic Psychopathology – How to assess?’ by Dr. Paramanand Kulhara, Chandigarh and Dr. Anukanth Mittal, Mumbai. The day concluded with an enjoyable Variety Entertainment programme and Banquet dinner.
Day two started with concurrent workshops on ‘Child Mental Health: Assessment of Dyslexias’ by Dr. V. Jayanthini, Chennai and Dr. M. Gowri Devi, Hyderabad, ‘Sleep Disorders – How they present, how to diagnose and how to manage?’ by Dr. Nilesh Shah, Mumbai. This session was followed by a special Guest Lecture on ‘Landmark Judgements that changed Medical Practice’ and ‘’How to defend a case in a consumer court?’ by Dr. Gopinath Shenoy, Mumbai.
The post-tea session was dedicated to a special discussion on ‘Psychotherapy – How to go about in a special case of Depression? ~ Psychoanalytical Approach by Dr. Anurag Srivastava, Hyderabad and ~ Rational Emotive Psychotherapy by Dr. Rajesh Nagpal, New Delhi.
The Valedictory Function was well attended and many of the delegates shared their thoughts and appreciations. Sri K. V. Rajendranath Reddy, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada City was the Chief Guest. Dr. Vishal Indla delivered the Vote of Thanks. The CME came to an end with the concluding lunch.
News from the Editor's Office
Dear all,
I am very happy to inform you that the Clinical Practice Guidelines edited by Dr. Shiv Gautham and Dr. Ajit Avasthi has been uploaded at our website www.indianjpsychiatry.org. You can access the same freely. Please do visit the website.
Happy reading,
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. T.S. SATHYANARAYANA RAO
Editor, Indian Journal of Psychiatry
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August 29, 2009
Mid-Term CME off to a good start
At the pre-conference EC Meeting attended by more than 40 EC Members of IPS yesterday at Hotel Taj Gateway, Vijayawada, Organizing Chairman Dr. IRS Reddy informed us that till now, there are 300 plus Registrations for the event. The inaugural function is scheduled to start at 9 AM today.
Dr. Lalit Barta, Org. Secretary, ANCIPS 2010 informed that 672 delegates and 581 accompanying persons have already registered for ANCIPS this year.
President IPS, Dr. E. Mohandas shared that President WPA, President-Elect WPA and President APA have confirmed participation in Jaipur ANCIPS.
Secretary Dr. Govind Bang informed us about all the upcoming and executed events of Zonal and State Branches and programmes undertaken by different Task forces. He also congratulated our 'Task Force on Advocacy' Chairman Dr. Vikram Patel, for his Institution, 'Sangath', which has recently won the prestigious Macarthur Foundation International Prize.
Treasurer Dr. Asim Mallick informed that 87 eligible applications for new membership have been received, the break up being 20 Life Fellows, 02 Fellows, 50 Life Ordinary Members, 06 Ordinary Members, 05 Life Associate Members and 04 Associate Members.
Editor Dr. TSS Rao announced that there is a plan to bring out a special supplement on 'Annotations in Indian Psychiatry', spanning the last 60 years. An exhibition and a supplement are also being planned on 'Icons of Indian Psychiatry' at ANCIPS 2010. The Clinical Practice Guidelines of IPS are now available at the IJP Website. As our journal is under the consideration of National Library of Medicine (NLM), he requested all of us to visit the Journal Site as frequently as possible, so as to enhance the 'impact factor'. We now have an additional 15 members on our International Advisory Board.
The weather at Vijayawada is pleasant and the hospitality, enjoyable. Looking forward to a great CME,
Yours in IPS,
Dr. Mainak Mukherjee
May 23, 2009
World Schizophrenia Day
World Schizophrenia Day – 2009 was observed by IPS-KB & Agadi Hospital – Psychiatry Department on 21st May 2009.
It was an hour programme for the public of Wilson Garden, Bangalore.
10 posters in English and Kannada were displayed in the restaurants, banks, temple, clinics and Abhayashram of Wilson Garden.
In total 85 people were there. The snacks were sponsored by IPS-KB. Agadi Hospital, Wilson Garden, Bangalore gave the space and the audio system and secretarial help.
Dr. Saranya Devanathan gave a brief introduction about Erawadi tragedy, Human rights situation of mentally ill and the disability act 1995.
Dr. Supriya Shankar, gave signs and symptoms of schizophrenia, both in acute phase and in chronic phase.
Since Dr. Mamatha Shetty was held up elsewhere, Dr. Saranya Devanathan spoke on medical, psychosocial and rehabilitative treatment options.
50 minutes were spent on discussions, which brought out all the details of schizophrenia.
Here is the sample of questions:
Whether only the rich and stressed out people will suffer? Is it hereditary? If so, how to prevent schizophrenia in their children? Drugs are expensive, how to afford them? How much % of people become all right with treatment? Is this not depression? How to detect schizophrenia in children? In a village, how to convince the relatives not to take them for removing ‘black magic’? In what way, I can help my friend who has schizophrenia?What benefits the government gives for them? They don’t accept treatment. How to bring them to the doctor? Is it that only the poor and uneducated treat them badly? How to reduce the stigma?
The audience quoted 3 real case studies. In one case, the parents and the only brother of a young girl also suffered from schizophrenia. Who will be the caretaker for this girl?
Somehow there was no question whether yoga will cure the disease. Such questions were expected, because the yoga teacher and few of yoga students were there in the audience.
The whole programme started in time and ended in time with vote of thanks by one nursing student from the audience.
(Courtesy: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/e_ips/)
January 12, 2009
ANCIPS 2009 comes to an end
The 61st ANCIPS came to an end today with delegates extending warm
thanks and congratulations to the Organizing Committee, headed by Dr.
Sudhir Kumar (Chauhan), at the 150 years old Institute of Mental Health
and Hospital, Agra. The conference, attended by more than 1200
delegates from India and abroad (USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh etc) was a great event to remember, with 60
Symposia/Workshop, about 100 poster presentations, about 150 oral
papers, apart from a rich CME, invited lectures, award session
deliberations and theme session presentations.
ANCIPS 2010 will be held at Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Mid Term CME 2010
will be held at Vijaywara (AP).
Efforts to rescue Dr. CB Madheshia
Dear All,
IPS is thankful to each and everyone who has taken pain to help Dr CB Madheshia and his family in one form or other.
Joint delebration between president, president elect and secratary has apponited a delhi based task force consisting of Dr Sunil Mittal, Dr Neelam Bohra, Dr Ragesh Nagapal and Dr Alok Sarin to work with the center by meeting Prime Minister, Home Minister and Health
Minister to act and help the task force which is actively helping rescue of Dr Madheshia.
I request one and all in the society to use their all the known resources not only to help the family in distress but any constructively suggestion to prevent future occurence of such episode.
I take the opportunity to thank IMA Gorakpur, Central IMA who have been very active in trying to work for the cause of our medical brotherhood.
Together we can and we will do it.
Dr Priyavadan C Shastri
President IPS
Ancips 2008 inaugurated
Ancips 2008 was inaugurated at the Science city in Kolkatta on 03 Jan 2008 evening. Swami Jitatmananda, Secretary of Ramakrishna Mission, Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral house and cultural centre, lighted the lamp and inaugurated the conference. One of the highlights of this conference is the 60th anniversary commemorative issue brought out by the Indian Journal of Psychiatry and an exhibition depicting the journal's journney since 1947.
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