BMC Psychiatry is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses a wide range of topics, including psychopharmacology, psychotherapy, and psychosocial approaches to psychiatric disorders, as well as genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology research. The journal welcomes both basic and applied science articles, and research exploring innovative treatments, service delivery methods, and social psychiatry. It promotes the participation of service users, patient representatives, and advisors to ensure that their perspectives are represented.
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of psychiatry research:
- Causes, treatment and prevention of suicide
- Child, adolescent and developmental psychiatry
- Eating disorders
- Forensic psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry and cognitive disorders
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders and disorders of adult behavior
- Psychiatric molecular genetics
- Psychotic disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Social psychiatry, therapy and provision of mental health care
- Stress and anxiety
- Substance-related disorders, addiction and impulse control
- Women and mental health
As a BMC Series journal, BMC Psychiatry does not make editorial decisions on the basis of the interest of a study or its likely impact. Studies must be scientifically valid; for research articles this includes a scientifically sound research question, the use of suitable methods and analysis, and following community-agreed standards relevant to the research field.
NEW: Molecular mechanisms in neuropsychiatric disorders
Non-pharmacological interventions in psychotic illnesses
Geriatric depression
Mood disorders in adolescents
