Ajai R. Singh

Mind, Consciousness and the Brain: Contributions from Indian Thought Following closely on the heels of the MSM 2012 Theme Monograph titled, ‘Issues in Schizophrenia, Medicalisation, Stigma, Biomedicine, Journalology, and Other Essays, is this Call For Papers for another Theme Monograph in 2014 which seeks to present [1] the views of Classical and Contemporary Indian thinkers […]

Introduction This is a revised brief write-up for MSM authors meant to be a check-list to adhere to in their submissions 2012 onwards. It is based on, but replaces, Template for MSM Submissions (Singh, 2011b2) at http://www.msmonographs.org/article.asp?issn=0973-1229;year=2011;volume=9;issue=1;spage=320;epage=323;aulast=Singh. It is a working model for potential authors and not meant to replace detailed Instructions to Contributors which appear elsewhere in

We wish to gratefully acknowledge the help of our distinguished peer reviewers for the papers published in MSM 2013: Abhijit Nadkarni DPM Andrew Burd MD Donelson Dulany PhD Ennapadam S Krishnamoorthy MD, PhD Elizabeth Wager PhD Ezequiel Morsella, PhD. Harvey Markovitch MD Janice Haaken PhD John Hoey MD José Monserrat PhD Michael Callaham [1st read] MD Moises Gaviria

Issues in Schizophrenia, Medicalization, Stigma, Biomedicine, Journalology, and Other Essays This 2012 Issue of the Mens Sana Monographs is titled ‘Issues in Schizophrenia, Medicalization, Stigma, Biomedicine, Journalology, and Other Essays’. It has some significant contributions from all over the world. Chittaranjan Andrade, MD, Professor and Head, Department of Psychopharmacology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore,

Abstract The catch 22 situation in psychiatry is that for precise diagnostic categories/criteria, we need precise investigative tests, and for precise investigative tests, we need precise diagnostic criteria/categories; and precision in both diagnostics and investigative tests is nonexistent at present. The effort to establish clarity often results in a fresh maze of evidence. In finding

Editorials Perminder S. Sachdev, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P. and Adith Mohan, MRCPsych., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., both from the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales NSW, Australia, and Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Barker Street, Randwick NSW, Australia write the first editorial, “Neuropsychiatry: Where Are We And Where

Mind, Consciousness and the Brain: Contributions from Indian Thought Following closely upon the heels of the MSM 2011 Theme Monograph titled, ’Brain, Mind and Consciousness: An Interdisciplinary International Perspective, is this Call For Papers for another Theme Monograph in 2012 which seeks to present the views of Classical and contemporary Indian thinkers on the topics of Mind,

This is a brief write-up for MSM authors meant to be a check-list to adhere to in their submissions. While writing, do look into the following: Add an Abstract at the beginning [100-150 words]. Add Key Words after Abstract [4-6 key words from the text], separated by semi-colons. Add Author Affiliations, Correspondence address, and email id below Key Words. Start article with Introduction.

Abstract A journal editor recently apologised for publishing a 2010 paper in which authors designated an enzyme as New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) and its related gene blaNDM-1 after a city, New Delhi. This name had raised an outcry in India, with health authorities, media and medical practitioners demanding New Delhi be dropped from the name. The