Journal Guide

Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research:(1) Clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors;(2) Basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology;(3) The growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;(4) Advances in basic and clinical research methodology, including the process of "bench-to-bedside" transfer of new research findings.The Editors-in-Chief will accept papers of high scientific caliber, if necessary after appropriate revision, and will aim for their rapid publication. In addition, the Journal will be enhanced by the inclusion of commissioned reviews, news items, book notices and letters to the Editors.

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing provides an international forum for the publication of original contributions that lead to the advancement of psychiatric and mental health nursing practice. It publishes peer-reviewed papers which reflect developments in knowledge, attitudes and skills and integration of these into practice. The journal:

he Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience publishes original research articles and review papers in psychiatry and in neuroscience that advance our understanding of the mechanisms involved in the etiology and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This includes studies on patients with psychiatric disorders, healthy humans, and experimental animals as well as studies in vitro.The Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience is the highest-ranking free access journal in the psychiatry and neuroscience categories monitored by the Institute for Scientific Information.The Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience is published by the Canadian Medical Association. All editorial matter in the journal represents the opinions of the authors and not necessarily those of the Canadian Medical Association.The Canadian Medical Association assumes no responsibility or liability for damages arising from any error or omission, or from use of any information or advice contained in the journal, including articles, editorials, reviews, abstracts, letters and advertisements.

An authoritative peer-reviewed periodical containing timely information of a multidisciplinary nature for clinicians and other professionals in the drug abuse field; Journal of Psychoactive Drugs consistently addresses complex issues such as the disease concept of addiction, drugs and mental health, use and abuse of hallucinogens, ethnographic drug research, drug dependence and the family and more!Throughout its forty-four year history, the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs has been on the leading edge of developments in the study of substance use and abuse from a multidisciplinary perspective. It was the first journal established in the United States to focus on psychoactive drug abuse, and continues to introduce groundbreaking work in topics such as drug use and criminality, therapeutic communities, dual diagnosis, psychotherapy/counseling, methadone maintenance treatment, and culturally relevant substance abuse treatment. The Journal of Psychoactive Drugs publishes research, case reports and other studies dealing with the experimental and policy issues of drug use as well as the treatment of drug abuse.

The Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment (JPA) provides psychologists with current information about psychological and educational assessment practices and instrumentation. JPA is known internationally for the quality of its assessment-related research, theory and position papers, practice applications, and book and test reviews. JPA's topics include "best practices" in assessment, cross-cultural assessment, differential diagnoses, and psychometric properties of instruments, plus much more.

The Journal of Psycholinguistic Research covers a broad range of approaches to the study of the communicative process, including: the social and anthropological bases of communication; development of speech and language; semantics (problems in linguistic meaning); and biological foundations. It also examines the psychopathology of language and cognition as well as the neuropsychology of language and cognition. The journal publishes carefully selected papers from the several disciplines engaged in psycholinguistic research, providing a single, recognized medium for communications among linguists, psychologists, biologists, sociologists, and others.

Journal of Psychology and AI aims to bridge the understanding between artificial intelligence (AI) technology and its implications, applications, and interactions within psychological realms. The journal seeks to promote interdisciplinary research, fostering dialogue between technologists developing AI systems and psychologists exploring human behavior, cognitions, and emotions. The scope of the journal includes research from all types of psychological inquiry as well as allied disciplines.
In addition to publishing reports on direct human interaction with AI technology, the journal seeks submissions of research on how AI has wide-reaching influences on the way in which humans interact with and think about the world. Due to the rapid advances in AI technology, the scope of the journal also includes work about robots being embodied forms of AI. For that reason, this journal also covers topics about social robotics, human-robot interaction, robotics in education, and everything that can be included under robopsychology, defined as the psychology of, for, and by robots, robotics, and AI.

Findings from psychological research in Africa and related regions needs a forum for better dissemination and utilisation in the context of development. Special emphasis is placed on the consideration of African, African-American, Asian, Caribbean, and Hispanic-Latino realities and problems. Contributions should attempt a synthesis of emic and etic methodologies and applications. The Journal of Psychology in Africa includes original articles, review articles, book reviews, commentaries, special issues, case analyses, reports and announcements.

The journal publishes articles on research investigations that enhance understanding of psychopathology and mental disorders applicable to all ages, deviant or abnormal behaviors, including those related to medical conditions and trauma, and constructs descriptive of personality. It fosters inquiry into assessment, description, and classification of normal and abnormal behaviors, psychobiological factors predisposing, precipitating, and maintaining psychopathology, and theories of psychopathology and behavior change. Coverage spans studies of normal personality constructs and positive personal attributes, personal and environmental factors influencing behavioral outcomes, and interactive models of cognitive, emotional, and behavior resource factors as impacting normal and abnormal behaviors. The journal includes articles focusing on therapeutic interventions and accepts reviews, particurlary meta-analytic reviews.