This journal provides rapid publication of complete research reports and reviews in the field of psychiatry.
The scope of the journal encompasses: 1. Biochemical, physiological, neuroanatomic, genetic, neurocognitive, and psychosocial determinants of psychiatric disorders.
2. Diagnostic assessments of psychiatric disorders.
3. Evaluations that pursue hypotheses about the cause or causes of psychiatric diseases.
4. Evaluations of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic psychiatric treatments.
5. Basic neuroscience studies related to animal or neurochemical models for psychiatric disorders.
6. Methodological advances, such as instrumentation, clinical scales, and assays directly applicable to psychiatric research.
7. Reviews of timely topics in psychiatric researc.h
8. Letters to the editor will be considered for case reports, comments about previously published papers, or secondary data analyses.