Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
Published in Association with Indian Psychiatric Society - South Zonal Branch
eISSN:
09751564 | ISSN:
02537176 | Current volume: 46 | Current issue: 6
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Journal Highlights
• Indexed in: UGC-CARE List, PubMed Central (PMC), SCOPUS and ESCI
• Rigorous peer review
• Timely publishing
• No Article Processing Charges
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine is an open access, peer reviewed journal which publishes high-quality empirical original research and review articles pertaining to all domains of Psychiatry. Articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
This journal flipped to open access from 2016. All material published before this date is free access. Please see this page for information on reuse rights of archival material.
It is the official publication of Indian Psychiatric Society, South Zonal Branch and was started as a bi-annual journal which slowly moved to quarterly and eventually bi-monthly publication. It has been publishing for four decades since 1978. In addition to psychiatry, the journal is also relevant to researchers and professionals from other inter-disciplinary fields such as pharmacology, social work, psychology, law, etc.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submit your manuscript today at https://peerreview.sagepub.com/szj.
• Indexed in: UGC-CARE List, PubMed Central (PMC), SCOPUS and ESCI
• Rigorous peer review
• Timely publishing
• No Article Processing Charges
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine is an open access, peer reviewed journal which publishes high-quality empirical original research and review articles pertaining to all domains of Psychiatry. Articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
This journal flipped to open access from 2016. All material published before this date is free access. Please see this page for information on reuse rights of archival material.
It is the official publication of Indian Psychiatric Society, South Zonal Branch and was started as a bi-annual journal which slowly moved to quarterly and eventually bi-monthly publication. It has been publishing for four decades since 1978. In addition to psychiatry, the journal is also relevant to researchers and professionals from other inter-disciplinary fields such as pharmacology, social work, psychology, law, etc.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submit your manuscript today at https://peerreview.sagepub.com/szj.
The Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine, started in 1978, is the official publication of Indian Psychiatric Society, South Zonal Branch. It is managed by the journal publication arm of the society – JPMR – “Journal of Psychological Medicine and Research”. It follows a double-blind peer review process and is published bi-monthly in an open access model.
The journal publishes high-quality empirical original research and review articles pertaining to all domains of psychiatric practice and research. Other categories of articles published by the journal include editorials, viewpoints, case series, a section on “Practical Psychotherapy”, and commentaries and letters to the editor on articles it recently published or other topics of relevance. The journal caters to mental health professionals and trainees, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, psychiatric nurses, academic psychiatrists (medical education) and allied disciplines as well as other medical professionals and paraprofessionals.
Editor-in-Chief
| Rajshekhar Bipeta, ORCID: 0000-0001-6808-1183 | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Medak, Telangana, India |
Associate Editors
| Dheeraj Kattula | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Kiran Kumar K | Professor of Psychiatry, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Ravi Teja Innamuri | District Psychiatrist, District Medical & Health Office, Nizamabad, Telangana, India |
| Shiva Shankar Reddy Mukku | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Vishwabharathi Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Vidhu Kumar K | Professor of Psychiatry, Government TD Medical College, Alappuzha, Kerala, India |
Editorial Board - National
| Chittaranjan Andrade | Professor of Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neurotoxicology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Indu P V | Professor of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, India |
| Prasad Rao G | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, Asha Hospital, Hyderabad, India |
| Samir Kumar Praharaj | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India |
| Sujit Sarkhel | Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Suresh Kumar Gunapalli | Professor of Psychiatry, The Government Hospital for Mental Care, Visakhapatnam, India |
| Vikas Menon | Professor of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India |
Editorial Board - International
| Dinesh Bhugra | Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Mental Health & Cultural Diversity, Centre for Affective Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, KCL, London, United Kingdom |
| Lakshmi Yatham | Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry; Director, Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| Matcheri Keshavan | Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States |
| Rajiv Tandon | Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, United States |
Section Editors
| Anekal C Amaresha | Associate Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health, Tezpur, Assam, India |
| Anamika Sahu | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Anindya Das | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India |
| Arpit Parmar | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
| Arul Sarvanan | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, SRM Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Badr Ratnakaran | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Carilion Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA |
| Balaji Bharadwaj | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India |
| Guru S Gowda | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Immanuel Thomas | Former Professor of Psychology, University of Kerala, Kerala, India |
| Kishore M | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India |
| Mahesh R Gowda | Consultant Psychiatrist, Spandana Nursing Home, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Manjula M | Professor of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Nishant Goyal | Professor, Department of Psychiatry, K.S. Mani Centre for Cognitive Neurosciences & fMRI Centre, CIP, Ranchi |
| Pranab Mahapatra | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
| Rajeev Ranjan | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India |
| Ravindra N Munoli | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, India |
| Reema Samuel | Reader, Occupational Therapy Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India |
| Sai Krishna Tikka | Associate Professor and HOD Incharge, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS Bibinagar, Hyderabad, India |
| Shobit Garg | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India |
| Varun Mehta | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
Assistant Editors
| Abhishek Ghosh | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Drug De-addiction & Treatment Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India |
| Adisesshamma T | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Amit Singh | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Anusa Mohandoss | Associate Professor in Psychiatry, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Ammapetai,Tamil Nadu, India |
| Arghya Pal | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Bheemsain Tekkalaki | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, KAHER’s J.N Medical College Belagavi, Karanataka, India |
| Harshini Manohar | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karanataka, India |
| Himani Kashyap | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Jayakumar Menon | Senior Consultant, Section of Neuropsychiatry, Geriatric Care Clinic, Sriramachandra Medical Centre, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Jayant Mahadevan | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Addiction Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, India |
| Kamlesh Kumar Sahu | Associate Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh, India |
| Karthick Subramanian | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be) University, Puducherry, India |
| Migita Dcruz | Consultant Geriatric Psychiatrist, Kollam, Kerala, India |
| Naren P Rao | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Natarajan Varadharajan | Consultant Psychiatrist, The Banyan (NGO) Chengelpet Chapter, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Parthasarathy Ramamurthy | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India |
| Prasanta Kumar Roy | Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Raj Kiran | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, NRI Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Rajesh A | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Surabhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Siddipet, Telangana, India |
| Ramkumar G S | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Kollam, Kerala, India |
| Ravi Philip Rajkumar | Professor of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India |
| Rishikesh Behere | Associate Consultant in Psychiatry, KEM Hospital Research Center, Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Sidharth Sarkar | Additional Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India |
| Snehil Gupta | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Sourav Khanra | Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Srilakshmi Pingali | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Sangareddy, Telangana, India |
| Umesh Shreekantiah | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Centre for Cognitive Neurosciences, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Uvais NA | Consultant Psychiatrist, Iqraa International Hospital and Research Centre, Calicut, Kerala, India |
| Veda N Shetageri | Professor of Psychiatry, East Point College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Vijay Krishnan | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India |
| Vijaya Raghavan | Head (Research), Department of Youth Mental Health, Schizophrenia Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Vijayalakshmi P | Consultant Psychiatrist, Bharathi Health Centre, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
National Advisory Board
| Ajit V Bhide | Consultant Psychiatrist, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Anju Kuruvilla | Professor of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Ashok Reddy K | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, SVS Medical College, Mahboobnagar, Telangana |
| Asokan TV | Consultant Psychiatrist, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
| Chandrasekhar K | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, Asha Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Dhanasekara Pandian R | Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| E Mohandas | Consultant Psychiatrist, Sun Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala |
| Gangadhar BN | Professor of Integrative Medicine; Former, Director & Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Indla Rama Subba Reddy | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, VIMHANS, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
| Jagadeesha Teerthalli | Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Janardhan Reddy YC | Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| John Vijay Sagar K | Professor & Head, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| K Kuruvilla | Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PSG Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu |
| Kishan P | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana |
| Mamta Sood | Professor of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi |
| MS Reddy | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, Asha Bipolar Clinic, Asha Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Murali Thyloth | Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India |
| Muralidharan Kesavan | Professor, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India |
| NN Raju | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, GVP Medical College, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
| Om Prakash Singh | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Midnapore Medical College, West Bengal Medical Education Service, West Bengal |
| Padmavathi Ramachandran | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, SCARF, Chennai |
| Prabha S Chandra | Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Pratima Murthy | Professor of Psychiatry & Director, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| R Raghu Ram | Consultant Psychiatrist, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Radhika Reddy V | Professor of Psychiatry & Registrar, Dr YSR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
| Ramakrishnanan P | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, Athma Hospital, Madurai,Tamil Nadu |
| Roy Abraham Kallivayalil | Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvalla, India |
| Sandeep Grover | Professor of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh |
| KS Shaji | Professor of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Thrissur, Kerala |
| S Shaji | Consultant Psychiatrist, Bethesda Hospital, Vengola, Kerala, India |
| Sharma PSVN | Professor of Psychiatry, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka |
| Smita N Deshpande | Professor (Research), Department of Psychiatry, St John’s Medical College Hospital, St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bengaluru. Karnataka |
| Srinivasa SRR Yerramilli | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Kakatiya Medical College, MGM Hospital, Warangal, Telangana |
| Sudhakar TP | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh |
| TSS Rao | Professor, Department of Psychiatry, JSS Medical College, Mysore, India |
| Umashankar Molanguri | Professor of Psychiatry & Superintendent, Institute of Mental Health, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| Venkatasubramanian G | Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
| Vishal Indla | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, VIMHANS, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh |
International Advisory Board
| Brendan Kelly | UCD Clinical Professor at UCD School of Medicine and Medical Sciences; Professor of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin; Consultant Psychiatrist, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland |
| Dan Pothiyil | Lecturer in Psychology, University Centre at Blackburn College, Blackburn, England, United Kingdom |
| Farooq Ahmed Khan | Visiting Professor at University of Chester, Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Lead NHSE & West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
| Kyooseob Ha | Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea |
| Mohan Issac | Professor of Psychiatry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia |
| Nilamadhab Kar | Consultant Psychiatrist, Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, UK |
| Nova Riyanti Yusuf | President Director, National Centre for Mental Health, Marzoeki Mahdi Mental Hospital, Indonesia |
| Perminder Sachdev | Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University of New South Wales, Co-Director of the UNSW Centre for Healthy Brain Aging, Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Australia |
| Pichet Udomratn | Professor of Psychiatry, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand |
| Rajiv Radhakrishnan | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, United States |
| Roos van Westrhenen | Psychiatrist & Clinical Phamacaolist, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Netherlands |
| Roy Chengappa | Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States |
| Russell D’souza | Executive Director - Global Operations, Totem International Institute of Organizational Psychological Medicine, Port Melbourne, Australia |
| Sasidhar Gunturu | Director, Psychiatric Integrative Services, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Care Health System, The Bronx, NY, United States |
| Shijo John Joseph | Department of Psychiatry (Ward-12), Pilgrim Hospital Lincolnshire partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Boston, UK |
| Suhas Ganesh | Post-Doctoral Associate, Schizophrenia Neuropharmacology Research Group Yale (SNRGY), Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven CT, USA |
| Thambu Maniam | Department of Psychiatry, National University of Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Vinay Lakra | Divisional Director, Mental Health Division, Northern Health; Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia |
Editor Trainee
| Sreya Mariyam Salim | Senior Resident of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Manjeri, Kerala, India |
| Lidia Fernandez | Assistant Professor of PG Psychology, St. Claret College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
Statistical Editors
| Binukumar Bhaskarapillai | Associate Professor of Biostatistics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Sreekumaran Nair | Head and Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India |
Journal Tribunal Committee
| Harish MT | Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Karri Rama Reddy | Consultant Psychiatrist, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Sridhar Raju Y | Consultant Psychiatrist, Warangal, Telangana, India |
| Suresh Bada Math | Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Suresh Kumar M | Consultant Psychiatrist, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Distinguished Past Editors
| Abraham Vergese | |
| E Mohan Das | |
| G Prasad Rao | Consultant Psychiatrist & Director, Asha Hospital, Hyderabad, India |
| John Mathai | |
| Karri Rama Reddy | Consultant Psychiatrist, Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| MS Reddy | |
| Palaniuppan | |
| Shahul Ameen | |
| TSS Rao |