I wish to bring a few issues to the attention of our fellow professionals for their consideration and further action through our professional body (of IPS) as may be deemed fit. The first three issues are about functional aspects of our Indian Psychiatric Society , which I consider have acquired unhealthy flavour; and, the fourth issue is about a policy that should actively and urgently be purs...

Introductions to Philosophy There are many good introductions to philosophy: [22], [53] and [1] have the advantage of being short and cheap. There are a few books [44, 11, 34] that introduce philosophical ideas by analysing films which raise philosophical issues. One of the advantages of these books is that they allow you to say that you are doing valuable research for this module while watchin...

The simple exciter,t designed in conjunction with Robert F. Wilson, is a device for excitation of the nervous system. It combines ease of operation and portability. Power is derived from the 1 10volt A.C. power mains, and the output of the machine is 60-cyde sinusoidal. A switch provides for momentary or continuous excitation. A variac control unit is used to obtain smooth adjustment of voltage...