Transition: Psychiatry to Clinical Neuroscience.

The author reflects on psychiatry's strong biological foundation in the neurosciences in India as of 2017. Topics discussed include the emergence of solid evidence on the similarities between mental and general medical illnesses, and the influence of socio-cultural factors in health-seeking behavior. Also noted is the availability of abstracts in subjects like Opioid Substitution Therapy and Geriatric Pcychiatry in the supplement of the Indian Psychiatric Society Conference in 2017.