September 11 on suicide and homicide in September 11 on suicide and homicide in England and Wales. He argues that when England and Wales. He argues that when tackling violence in our society, the current tackling violence in our society, the current Government may plan services on the basis Government may plan services on the basis of information that is misleading and flawed. of information th...

Like many other fields, psychiatric researchers rely heavily on the utilization of conventional epidemiologic designs and principles to pursue their scientific objectives. However, some of the issues, which to a large extent are specific to psychiatric disorders, have demanded that new designs and hence new statistical methods be developed to meet the challenges. These issues include, among oth...

BACKGROUND The feasibility of clinical trials depends, among other factors, on the number of eligible patients, the recruitment process, and the readiness of patients to participate in research. Seeking patients' views about their experience in research projects may allow investigators to develop more effective recruitment and retention strategies. METHODS A total of 100 patients consecutivel...

While going through the articles for compilation of this volume, 1 could not help but remember the journal in my early years as a post-graduate student. Projecting my thoughts further back in time it stuck me what could possibly be a better way to teeoff in the Golden Jubilee year of Indian Psychiatric Society than to have a look at the psychiatric research published in this journal in the last...

OBJECTIVE To compile, review, and comment upon the application of psychotherapy to the treatment of psychiatric disorders first appearing in childhood and adolescence. METHOD Representative research papers published over the past 4 decades on the subject of psychotherapy of children and adolescents were compiled. Selection for inclusion in this review was based upon salience to the subject of...

have drawn attention to the huge burden have drawn attention to the huge burden of illness and severe disability that of illness and severe disability that accompanies mental illness in people living accompanies mental illness in people living in low-income countries – the majority of in low-income countries – the majority of the world's population. the world's population. The challenges of con...

Mr. Chairman, Respected Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I feel specially privileged to be selected for the First T I L A K O R A T I O N on Biological Psychiatry by the Indian Psychiatric Socic;y. I a m deeply aware of the honour and thank you all for the same. The present oration is devoted to young age in more than one way. I t is notable that a personal loss of the family of Prof. A. Venko...