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MESSAGE FROM INDIAN PSYCHIATRIC SOCIETY
From the desk of vice president‑elect
Mrugesh Vaishnav1,2,3,4
Director Samvedana Happiness Hospital and Research Institute, 2President Elect Indian Psychiatry Society, 3Executive
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Council Member Indian Association of Social Psychiatry, 4Direct Council Member CSEPI, IASP
The Indian Psychiatric Society, the apex organization for
psychiatrists in India, has always put benchmarks and
milestones in the field of mental health. With advances
in field of medical science and psychiatry, we are going
from an era of psyche to neurotransmission and the age of
psychotherapy to neurostimulation techniques.
However, even today, the most complex aspect to study
in human body is a child’s mind. Even with a momentary
imagination, a young mind can develop innumerable
perceptions and thoughts which will shape their personalities
in future. This makes child psychiatry as the cornerstone of
mental health. As they say, the earlier a problem is identified,
the better the outcomes; it has become a necessity that
not only psychiatrists but also pediatricians and family
physicians today have ample knowledge about childhood
problems, its outcomes, and possible interventions. With
alarming increase in childhood depression, disruptive
behavior disturbances, and even teenage suicides, the
need of the hour is to identify the bleeding minds and heal
them in a thorough and scientific way. Children today are
reared in a mix culture of virtual and real word, and this
exposes them to innumerable pathologies from substance
addictions to being hooked to social media, online gaming,
pornography, and cyberbullying. Each of these things will
affect the mental development of children and in course
the fate of families. Such a changing scenario calls for
need to have constantly updated practice guidelines to
promote newer advances in diagnosis and management of
child psychiatry issues. As the president‑elect of the Indian
Psychiatric Society, it will always be my priority during my
tenure to bring to notice child psychiatry issues and find
their solutions.
It gives me immense pleasure to observe the hard work and
commitment that the editor has put into compilation of
Address for correspondence: Dr. Mrugesh Vaishnav,
Director Samvedana Happiness Hospital and Research Institute
President Elect Indian Psychiatry Society Executive Council
Member Indian Association of Social Psychiatry Direct Council
Member CSEPI, IASP.
E‑mail: drmrugesh@rediffmail.com, mrugeshvaishnav@gmail.
com
S150 © 2019 Indian Journal of Psychiatry | Published by Wolters Kluwer ‑ Medknow
this practice guideline. Our organization has always been
blessed with literature and enthusiasts who put their minds
and soul to constantly update the psychiatrists nationally
through bulletins, journals, and practice guideline books.
This book is an addition to ever increasing research based
and scientific literature in a field that requires foremost
attention. I would congratulate the Chairperson of the
task force of practice guidelines DR. Shive Gautam, Vice
Chairperson Dr. Ajit Avasthi, and Convenor Dr. Sandeep
Grover and all the contributors for this informative and
useful practice guideline of highest academic standards.
Once again, I highly appreciate the editor Dr. O P Singh
to put all the efforts along with his team to provide us a
world‑class practice guideline for child psychiatry and would
encourage contributions from across the nation so that our
future psychiatrists have specific Indian perspective of all
subsections of psychiatry through practice guidelines of the
Indian Psychiatric Society.
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How to cite this article: Vaishnav M. From the desk of vice
president‑elect. Indian J Psychiatry 2019;61:150.