Journal Details
International Review of Psychiatry
Aims & Scope
"I have just read the recent issue of the International Review of Psychiatry... on national surveys of psychiatric epidemiology. I must tell you I think it is superb. It should be required reading for clinicians and researchers - as well as policy makers."
Professor Louis Appleby, National Director for Mental Health in England
"IRP articles are excellent sources of synthetic information for psychiatric residents."
Ron Rieder, Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair for Education at Columbia University
The International Review of Psychiatry is the premier review journal in the field with a truly international authorship and readership. Each bimonthly issue is dedicated to a specific theme relevant to psychiatry, edited by recognized experts on the topic, who are selected by the Editors and the Editorial Board. Each issue provides in-depth, scholarly reviews of the topic in focus.
The Journal reaches a broad international readership including clinicians, academics, educators, and researchers who wish to remain up-to-date with recent and rapid developments in various fields of psychiatry. It aims to be of value to trainees by choosing topics of relevance to career development, which are also suitable for clinicians for continuing professional development.
Each two-year cycle of the Journal covers at least one topic in every one of the following areas:
i. Epidemiology, services, and public health
ii. Psychiatric disorders and their etiologies
iii. Therapeutics and rehabilitation
iv. Clinical relevance of cognitive and basic neurosciences
v. Psychiatric methodologies
vi. Psychiatry in medicine
International Review of Psychiatry is published from the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University.
2006 Impact Factor: 0.908
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