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Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health


eISSN: 27546349 | ISSN: 09731342 | Current volume: 20 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Quarterly
The Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM) was formed in the year 1988 when a group of mental health professionals committed to the aim of addressing the mental health problems of child and adolescents in India, and was formally created in 1990 in Pune. The first executive council was headed by Late Dr. Roshen Master as its President, Dr. L. P. Shah as its Vice-President and Dr. Savita Malhotra as the Secretary-General. Amongst its various objectives, IACAM focused on the advancement of practice and research in child and adolescent mental health and to extend the knowledge base so generated to the public and professionals by the means of various scientific activities. It is this last objective which formed the foundation stone for conception of a dedicated journal in the field of child and adolescent mental health in India and subsequently the Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM) was envisaged.

The first issue of JIACAM was published on 01st January 2005 under the guidance of Prof. Indira Sharma as its Editor comprising various articles contributed by mental health professionals from India and abroad.
 
JIACAM is indexed with, or included in, the following: EMBASE (Excerpta Medica Database), SCOPUS and UGC Care List. Manuscripts must be prepared in accordance with "Uniform requirements for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals" developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (October 2008). All manuscripts are peer-reviewed by 2 anonymous referees. The journal does not charge for submission, processing or publication of an article. JIACAM follows the policy of Open Access to Scientific literature. Articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.

The Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (JIACAM) is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication of the Indian Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (IACAM), whose mission is to publish original manuscripts in all areas of child and adolescent mental health (from age 0-19 years), focusing on public health, clinical epidemiology, basic science and mental health problems. To achieve these aims we publish original scientific studies, review and educational articles, and papers commenting on the clinical, scientific, social, political, and economic factors affecting child and adolescent mental health from all areas across the world. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration for publication by the JIACAM with the understanding that they represent original material, have not been published previously, are not being considered for publication elsewhere, and have been approved by each author. Manuscripts can be submitted under various headings viz. Original Research, Review Articles, Perspectives/Commentary/Debate, Brief Communication, Case Reports/Case Series, Management Guidelines, Letter to Editor, Book Review, Film Review, Point of View, Obituary, etc. The journal caters to mental health professionals and trainees, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and psychiatric nurses, as well as other medical professionals (e.g. paediatricians) and paraprofessionals.

Editor
Nitin Gupta Consultant Psychiatrist, Gupta Mind Healing and Counselling Centre, Chandigarh
Executive Editor
Jitender Aneja Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Bathinda
Associate Editors
Nidhi Chauhan Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Nishant Goyal Professor, Department of Psychiatry, K.S. Mani Centre for Cognitive Neurosciences & fMRI Centre, CIP, Ranchi
Prerna Sharma Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, IHBAS, New Delhi
Assistant Editors
Jasmin Garg Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College & Rajindra Hospital, Patiala
Preethy Kathiresan Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi
Hiral Kotadia Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Sri Aurobindo Medical College & PG Institute, Indore
Eesha Sharma Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Statistical Consultant
Hitesh Khurana Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Pt BD PGIMS, Rohtak
Ombudsman
Vivek Agarwal Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KGMU, Lucknow
Chief Advisor
Savita Malhotra Ex-Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Editorial Board
Kavita Arora Consultant Psychiatrist, Children First Institute of Mental Health, New Delhi
Rachna Bhargava Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi
Deepak Gupta Consultant Psychiatrist, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Uma Hirisave Ex-Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Manju Mohanty Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Sujata Sethi Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Pt BD PGIMS, Rohtak
Henal Shah Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, TNMC and Nair Hospital, Mumbai
Chhitij Shrivastava Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Allahabad
National Advisory Board
Kishor Gujar Consultant Psychiatrist, Pune
R. C. Jiloha Ex-Director Professor & Head Psychiatry, GB Pant Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College University of Delhi
Adarsh Kohli Ex-Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, PGIMER, Chandigarh
Devasish Konar Consultant Psychiatrist, Mental Health Care Centre, Kolkata
Manju Mehta Ex-Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Jitendra Nagpal Consultant Psychiatrist, VIMHANS, New Delhi
Naresh Nebhinani Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, Jodhpur
Rajesh Sagar Professor, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi
Shekhar Seshadri Former Senior Professor and Former Head, Dept. of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Pratap Sharan Professor & Head, Department of Psychiatry, AIIMS, New Delhi
Prabhat Sitholey Ex-Professor, Department of Psychiatry, KGMU, Lucknow
International Advisory Board
Vincenzo Di Nicola Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Addictions, University of Montreal, Canada
Bruno Falissard Professor of Biostatistics, Paris-Saclay Medical University, Paris, France
Mohammad Ghaziuddin Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, USA
Vinesh Gupta Consultant Forensic Child Psychiatrist, Royal Perth & Bentley Group of Hospitals, Australia
Basant Pradhan Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Cooper University, USA
Andres Pumariega Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida, USA
Eugenio Rothe Professor of Psychiatry, Florida International University, USA
Paramala J Santosh Head and Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Maudsley Hospital, London, UK
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