Journal of Psychiatric Practice

As editor of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice, my goal is to provide psychiatric clinicians with high quality, relevant information they can apply in their day to day clinical practices. We publish review articles that provide up-to-date, evidence-based findings concerning the treatment of all classes of psychiatric disorders, as well as papers describing findings of new research. Acceptance for publication is always based on careful peer review. We are also very fortunate in having a panel of highly qualified and dedicated columnists who write regularly for us on psychopharmacology (Dr. Sheldon H. Preskorn), psychotherapy (Dr. Norman A. Clemens), and legal and forensic issues (Dr. William H. Reid). Dr. David A. Kahn selects, edits, and discusses our clinical case discussion articles, which provide insights into complex and intriguing cases. We also publish reviews of recent books that are likely to be of interest to practicing clinicians.

I would like to invite you to send us your comments and feedback on the journal---please let me know which articles you find most useful, topics you would like to see us cover, and suggestions for how we could improve the journal to make it more helpful to you our readers.  Thank you very much for your interest in the Journal of Psychiatric Practice.

Sincerely,

John M. Oldham, M.D.

Featured Articles

Together with our publisher, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, I am pleased to announce our annual competition to recognize the top Resident paper for the academic year 2010. The winning paper will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Practice. In addition, the primary Resident author will be invited to serve a 1-year term during 2011 as a special Resident representative on the Editorial Board of the journal and will be invited to attend the Editorial Board Meeting during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. (If the winning resident cannot attend the meeting, he or she will receive a $500 voucher, good towards the purchase of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins books and journals.) The winner will also receive a certificate from the Journal of Psychiatric Practice in recognition of this achievement.

When selecting the winning paper, the following criteria will be used: Originality, clinical relevance, scholarship, readability, overall value to the field of psychiatry.

The goal of the competition is to help residents improve their writing and research skills and gain expertise in preparing quality articles for publication. The judges for the competition, selected on a revolving basis from our Editorial Board, serve as peer reviewers for the residents’ articles, providing valuable comments and suggestions. Our editorial staff then works very closely with the resident authors to help them revise their papers in preparation for publication.

To participate in this competition, papers must be received by October 31, 2010. Papers based on original clinical research or review articles, whose primary author is a resident, will qualify for the award. Submit all manuscripts to Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Resident Paper Award 2010, c/o Ruth Ross, Managing Editor, 228 Black Rock Mountain Lane, Independence, VA 24348, ross@ls.net.

We encourage all Residents to participate. All submitted papers will be considered for publication.

For instructions on preparing and submitting manuscripts, see our Information for Authors.

Read winning papers from the past five years.