Instructions for Authors

Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis is an international journal adhering to the highest standards of double-anonymous-blind peer review. The journal welcomes original contributions with relevance to co-existing mental health and substance use.

The Editor and editorial team believe it is imperative that the journal publishes manuscripts that are clear, informative, factual, and transparent, and the process from submission to the point of publication is timely and efficient. To achieve this primary objective, manuscript submission and review makes full use of electronic media.

Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis subscribes to the Farmington Consensus regarding the ethics of articles published in journals in the field of addiction. Work should be the responsibility of the authors and all named authors should have made a major contribution to the paper. Plagiarism is unacceptable and it is the responsibility of contributing authors to acknowledge this work as their own. Where plagiarism is discovered, it will be exposed, and we will decline to publish any further papers submitted by the author(s).

Articles submitted to Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis should not be under consideration by any other journal, or have been published elsewhere.

Submissions

All submissions should be made online at the Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged on to the site, submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Online user guides and access to a helpdesk are available via the Get Help Now button on this website.

Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text, while in the second all document information identifying the author should be removed from files to allow them to be sent anonymously to referees. When uploading files authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review”. 

It is important for authors to follow the instructions set out in these guidelines. A failure to follow this guidance is likely to delay the review process and result in the manuscript being returned to author for amendment.

New authors are actively encouraged to submit manuscripts. Integral to the Associate Editors and International Advisory Board's function is the brief to assist new authors of quality informative manuscripts to the point of publication, whenever possible. The editor invites informal contact by telephone or email (see below for contact details) prospective submissions and guidance.

Editor: Philip D. Cooper
E: editor@mhsu.co.uk
T(w): 01473 329336
M: 07915 648674

Style guidelines
Description of the Journal's article style
Description of the Journal's reference style, Quick guide
Any consistent spelling and punctuation style is acceptable.
If you have any questions about references or formatting your article, please contact authorqueries@tandf.co.uk (please mention the journal title in your email).

Word templates

Word templates are available for this journal.
Please open and read the instruction document first, as this will explain how to save and then use the template.

Select the template that is most suitable for your operating system.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2003.dot

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_XP_2007.dotx

 

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2004.dot

 

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008_instructions.pdf
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/template/TF_Template_Word_Mac_2008.dot

 

If you are not able to use the template via the links or if you have any other template queries, please contact authortemplate@tandf.co.uk

Manuscript Presentation

The Journal welcomes a range of contributions. The following examples are considered for publication.

• Research papers; quantitative, qualitative and mixed method. These will be peer-reviewed.
• Review papers providing either a meta-analysis of a subject or a comprehensive literature review on a subject. These will be peer-reviewed.
• Short reports, and reports of clinical cases, either single cases of interest or small numbers of unusual presentations. These will be peer-reviewed.
• Innovative practice and service development papers.
• Opinion and Commentary papers.
• Letters-to-the-editor on matters relating to co-existing mental health and substance use. Please note: there may be at least a six-month delay between receipt of a letter its publication; therefore, topicality should not rely on immediate publication.
• Membership organisation profiles.
• Information about forthcoming events.
• Media reviews: see below for further information and presentation details

View an example cover page layout

 Permissions

Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources. Such permission (saved as a separate file titled: Permissions - title of manuscript), must be submitted with the manuscript. Borrowed material must be acknowledged in the manuscript.

Manuscript format

• Saved as a MS Word document.
• Should be in Times New Roman Font - Size 12.
• Should be typed double-spaced (including references), with margins of at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
• All pages should be numbered.

Abstract

The first page of the main manuscript should show a structured abstract of no more than 250 words, using the following headings:

• Background
• Aims
• Method
• Results
• Conclusions

Keywords

Include up to 6 key words that specify the subject of study.

Text

• Manuscripts should be in English and not exceed 5000 words in length (excluding abstract, references, and tables). Please discuss longer articles with the Editor (Philip D. Cooper - E: editor@mhsu.co.uk - T(w): 01473 329336 - M: 07915 648674) before submission.
• Do make full use of bullet points, key points, self-assessment Q&A's and interactive formats, if appropriate.
• Footnotes should be avoided where possible.

 

Acknowledgement of funding and conflict of interest
Acknowledgements and declarations should be placed after the text and before the reference section.

• Declaration of interest: The declaration of interest should acknowledge all financial support and any financial relationship that may pose a conflict of interest.
• Acknowledgement of individuals should be confined to those who contributed to the article's intellectual or technical content.

 

 The accuracy of the references you provide is your responsibility.

Illustrations

• The names of authors should not be displayed on figures or footnotes to facilitate double blind reviewing.
• Illustrations should not be inserted in the text.
• All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as 'Figures.'
• Multi tone figures, whether in colour or black and white, must be of high publication quality to enable referees to assess them. Half tone and full colour figures should be submitted in at least 300 and 600 DPI, respectively.
• All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals (e.g. Figure 3).
• The appropriate position of each illustration should be indicated in the text.
• A list of captions for the figures should be submitted on a separate page, and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text.
• Captions should include keys to symbols. It would help ensure greater accuracy in the reproduction of figures if the values used to generate them were supplied.

 

Tables

• The names of authors should not be displayed on tables or footnotes to facilitate double blind reviewing.
• Tables should be typed on separate pages.
• The approximate position of each table should be indicated in the text.
• All tables should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals (e.g. Table 3).
• Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table.
• Words and numerals should be repeated on successive lines; 'ditto' or 'do' should not be used.

   

Manuscript Review
Two referees, at the discretion of the Editor, will review manuscripts. However, authors may nominate up to two referees (not from their own institution) although it is not guaranteed that they will be consulted. Where there is differing opinion expressed by the referees, the Editor may submit the manuscript for a third review.

The names of authors should not be displayed within the main manuscript, on figures, tables, or footnotes to facilitate double blind reviewing.

Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis aims to provide authors with a decision on publication within 8 weeks from the time of submission. However, on occasions this may be exceeded, e.g. when a third review is required and will be communicated with the submitting author.

When your Manuscript is Accepted
The Editor's decision on the ultimate suitability of an article for publication is final. Manuscripts are accepted on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published or submitted elsewhere for publication in print or electronic form.

A condition of acceptance is that the published manuscript becomes the copyright of the publisher.

Media Reviews

Media Submissions
Submissions are invited, via email only, and should be directed to the Editor, Philip D. Cooper. All forms of media review are considered (books, DVD's, CD-ROM's, Web Site, etc).

Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis  welcomes media submission, or media recommendations, for review. In addition, independent reviews are invited.

Review Format (for independently submitted reviews)

• Saved as a MS Word document.
• Typed in Times New Roman Font - Size 12.
• Typed double-spaced, with margins of at least 2.5cm (1 inch).
• Should be no more than 300 words.

  Text order for independent review submissions

• Full title of the media reviewed and format, e.g., book, DVD, web site, etc.
• Full author(s) details.
• Town of publication, e.g., Oxford.
• Publisher, e.g., Taylor and Francis.
• Price in USD or GBP
• ISBN.
• Any web related address if purchase is via the internet, or web site review.
• Any other information relevant to the journal subscriber.
• Reviewers (your) full name, position/job title, full postal address, and email address.

 

The Editor's decision on the ultimate suitability of a media review for publication is final. Media Reviews are accepted on the understanding that their content is independent of the copyright owner and author and have not previously been published or submitted elsewhere for publication in print or electronic form.

Proofs

The author nominated for correspondence will be notified that proofs are ready via our online manuscript tracking system, CATS. Proofs are supplied for checking and making essential typographical corrections, not for general revision or alteration. Proofs must be returned (by email) within 48 hours of receipt.

Offprints and Reprints

Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through the Taylor & Francis website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary hard copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in Mental Health and Substance Use: dual diagnosis can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received or alternatively on our journals website. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints administrator Sherry Howard at reprints@tandf.co.uk. Additional copies of the Journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of £15/$25 per copy.

Copyright

It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or licence the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors retain many rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies, which can be found at www.informaworld.com/authors_journals_copyright_position. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.

Page Charges

There are no page charges to individuals or institutions.