Editor, Mens Sana Monographs, Mumbai, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S13-8. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.69197.
Commendable work has been done in psychiatric research in India as it moves in tandem with contemporary trends abroad. Indian Journal of Psychiatry (IJP), as its flag-ship publication, has mirrored this trend faithfully down the decades. Stalwarts and icons of Indian psychiatry have set Indian research firmly on this course. A systematic appraisal of psychiatric research in India shows that most work is replicative, some of it corrective at the local level, and very little that is original and corrective at the international level. Opinion and policy makers, including IJP and research departments at colleges and universities, must endeavor to steer the course towards trend-setting and original work emanating from India, even as we do not neglect replicative work, of which we are masters.
印度在精神病学研究方面做出了值得称赞的工作，因为它与国外的当代趋势同步发展。印度精神病学杂志（IJP）作为其旗舰出版物，几十年来忠实地反映了这一趋势。印度精神病学的中坚力量和偶像们使印度的研究坚定不移地走上了这条道路。对印度精神病学研究的系统评估表明，大多数工作是复制性的，其中一些是在当地层面上的纠正性工作，而很少有在国际层面上是原创性和纠正性的工作。意见和政策制定者，包括 IJP 和学院及大学的研究部门，必须努力引导这一趋势，走向印度的开创性和原创性工作，即使我们不忽视复制性工作，我们在这方面也是大师。
