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The current issue of the erudite Journal of Indian Health Psychology has number of contributions that deal with different aspect of health like mental, social and emotional. The compilation is extended to almost all phases of life from adolescence to old age and also covers variety of health problems including mental health, alcoholism, retardations, and other chronic ailments like diabetes.
The first article of Krishan Kumar, V. K. Sinha, B.L. Kotia and Sushil Kumar is concerned with disabilities associated with Pervasive developmental disorders. Ajay Tayal and Rajbir Singh in their empirical paper aimed to identify the predictors of healthiness among diabetics. The next paper tries to explore the indirect impact of violence on frustration reactions and psychopathology in children of victims of violence. The following study enlisted in the present issue compared mental health of adolescents who are at risk of developing depression in future, those who are vulnerable towards depression and normal adolescent’s. The article by Madhu and Adesh Chaturvedi tackle with adolescents Knowledge, attitude and behavior on the issue related to adolescents reproductive and sexual health. The authors have also put forth certain suggestions and recommendations which may be useful in developing policies, activities and programmes by the government and non-government organizations working in this field. A.K. Srivastava et al studied physical health, mental health and successful aging in rural and urban aged. V.A. Aminabhavi and D.L. Hunagund in their paper aimed to compare the level of general health and anxiety in women after cesarean or normal delivery. Parameswari and Elango conducted a study to access Death Anxiety Among Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Elderly. The next empirical paper by K.S. Pathak and A. Mukhopadhyay reveals that heroin addicts significantly differ from normal on depression and anxiety. K. Shivakumar and P.S. Halyal carried out an investigation with the aim of comparing self concept between delinquent and normal adolescents. Another study on adolescents by Pushpa Misra and Ridhima Shukla aimed to identify predictors of emotional regulation. Ranjana Tiwari et al have reported the effectiveness of group cognitive behaviour therapy for alcoholism. In the next article, S. Sasikala and S. Karunanidhi had made an attempt to study the perceived test anxiety and its relation to behavioral problems among school students. Arun Kumar et al explored the relationship among gratitude, hope and subjective well being in daily wages laborers.
In sum, all the articles are intellectual and empirical. At the end a review of a book on psychology has been presented. Editors are grateful to all the contributors and book reviewer for their valuable and scholarly inputs that will generate interest among researchers, psychologists, professionals and policy makers.
The editorial board wishes to convey to all our contributors to dwell upon specifically in what way their findings are going have an impact on health maintenance and promotion as well on treatment compliance among ill ones. The journal is not only circulated and read by academia but the common readers and laymen too. Therefore suggestion and implications shall have bearing for psychologists, medical professionals, health policy makers and the common man alike. At the same time, the responsibility of the contributors is enhanced in reaching at conclusions and making suggestion. So, let’s be careful.

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