Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 4, No. 4

Forthcoming themes in Asian Psychiatry during 2012

Matcheri S Keshavan MD, Editor, Asian Journal of Psychiatry

The mission of the Asian Journal of Psychiatry is to disseminate and develop areas of knowledge and learning in mental health that are of increasing importance world-wide. In pursuit of that goal, the march 2012 issue of the Journal is poised to bring out a special theme on early intervention in psychosis, edited by Dr. Venkatasubramanian. State of the art updates of research in early intervention in psychotic disorders from India, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea among the Asian countries as well as from the US. will be featured. A later issue of the Journal will also feature a special theme on Spirituality and Psychiatry. The recurring theme of review articles in Global mental health will also continue during the upcoming issues of the Asian Journal of Psychiatry.

We hope that these topics, given their importance in the global arena, will generate substantive interest among our readers, and will also stimulate more research and application. Comments, reflections and additional scholarly articles in these topics would be very welcome.

The Asian Journal of Psychiatry bridges a knowledge gap of the application and transfer of research findings and clinical practice, through Asia to and from the Rest of the World

  • "There is a strong need to accumulate and disseminate evidence based literature on psychiatric disorders, especially as it pertains to the Asian continent, where three fifth of the world population lives."
  • "The Journal fills a critical need in a continent where more than 450 million people are reported to suffer from mental and neurological disorders."
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Issue Highlights

  • Neurobiology of self-awareness deficits in schizophrenia: A hypothetical model
    December 2011(Vol. 4 | No. 4 | Pages 248-254)

    Mujeeb U. Shad, Benjamin K. Brent, Matcheri S. Keshavan

  • The five factor model of personality in mixed anxiety–depressive disorder and effect on therapeutic response
    December 2011(Vol. 4 | No. 4 | Pages 255-257)

    Alirza Farnam, Sara Farhang, Abbas Bakhshipour, Elnaz Niknam

  • Successful treatment of atypical depression with amisulpride: A case report
    24 January 2012

    Sri M. Agarwal, Naren P. Rao, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian, Rishikesh V. Behere, Shivarama Varambally, Bangalore N. Gangadhar

  • Brain stimulation therapies for psychiatric disorders: The first decade of the new millennium—A review
    24 January 2012

    Anand K. Pandurangi, Catherine Fernicola-Bledowski, Josef Bledowski

  • A comparison between acupuncture versus zolpidem in the treatment of primary insomnia
    24 January 2012

    Jung-Hung Tu, Wei-Ching Chung, Chun-Yuh Yang, Dong-Sheng Tzeng

  • Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in bipolar disorder: A narrative review of literature
    16 January 2012

    Jagadisha Thirthalli, M. Krishna Prasad, Bangalore N. Gangadhar

  • Problematic internet behaviours among university students in Sri Lanka
    09 January 2012

    Chaturaka Rodrigo, Nilakshika Ranasinghe, Dilushi Wijayaratne, Rayno Navinan, Deepika Fernando, Senaka Rajapakse

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The Asian Journal of Psychiatry is the official Journal of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations. It is a general and comprehensive Journal of psychiatry for psychiatrists, mental health clinicians, neurologists, physicians, students of mental health and those involved in mental health policy developments. More

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Founded September 2005, The Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations (AFPA) represents psychiatry in over 40 countries within the Asian continent. For more information please visit the Federation’s website at www.afpapsy.com.

The Asian Federation of Early Career Psychiatrists (AFECP), officially inaugurated August 2011, aims mainly to the support of the young psychiatrists in countries of AFPA to be able to contribute to the mental health care and reduce the mental health gap

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A Collection of State of the Art Original Research and Reviews, following up on the "Just the Facts" paper by Professor Richard J. Wyatt, published in Schizophrenia Research, 1988.

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