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Journal overview

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:

  • Epidemiology, services, and public health
  • Psychiatric disorders and their etiologies
  • Therapeutics and rehabilitation
  • Clinical relevance of cognitive and basic neurosciences
  • Psychiatric methodologies
  • Psychiatry in medicine

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