BMJ Mental Health
is a peer reviewed, open access journal from BMJ covering clinically relevant research in mental health and psychiatry.
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What I Stand for as Editor-in-Chief
In BMJ Mental Health's first Editorial, Professor Andrea Cipriani outlines the aims, scope and vision for the journal, and discusses the benefits of an accessible, fully open access journal in the field of mental health.
Professor Cipriani also discusses what he will stand for as Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Mental Health, including embedding evidence-based research in routine mental healthcare and fighting stigma and ideology in mental health.
Topic Collections
Advances in Clinical Psychopharmacology in Children and Young People
Clinical psychopharmacology is a developing field with relevant unmet needs and opportunities, such as understanding the best use of currently available medications, gaining insight into their specific effects in the developmental stage of life, and the testing of new medications. This Topic Collection of BMJ Mental Health will publish high quality empirical original studies or evidence synthesis papers on any relevant aspect of clinical psychopharmacology in children and/or young people.
Submission deadline: 30th April 2024
Chronopsychiatry: From Discovery Science to Clinical Innovation
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of interest exploring the intersection sleep/circadian science and mental health. BMJ Mental Health is calling for submissions on circadian mental health research and innovation with particular focus on major depression, psychosis, bipolar disorder, dementia, neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD and ADHD) and substance misuse disorders.
Submission deadline: 9th June 2024
Most Read Articles
Child and adolescent mental health:
All-cause and suicide mortalities among adolescents and young adults who contacted specialised gender identity services in Finland in 1996–2019: a register study17 February 2024
Perspective:
Suicide risk assessment tools and prediction models: new evidence, methodological innovations, outdated criticisms14 March 2024
Old age psychiatry:
Development and validation of a dementia risk score in the UK Biobank and Whitehall II cohorts21 August 2023
Child and adolescent mental health:
Waiting-list interventions for children and young people using child and adolescent mental health services: a systematic review1 February 2024
Pharmacological treatments:
Psychosis with use of amphetamine drugs, methylphenidate and atomoxetine in adolescent and adults12 April 2024
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Latest Articles
Child and adolescent mental health:
Experiences and impact of psychiatric inpatient admissions far away from home: a qualitative study with young people, parents/carers and healthcare professionals26 April 2024
Adult mental health:
Thematic analysis of Prevention of Future Death reports for suicide: January 2021 to October 202224 April 2024
Adult mental health:
Sociodemographic and clinical risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt in functional/dissociative seizures and epilepsy: a large cohort study20 April 2024
Digital mental health:
Effectiveness of an online recovery training for employees exposed to blurred boundaries between work and non-work: Bayesian analysis of a randomised controlled trial20 April 2024
Pharmacological treatments:
Psychosis with use of amphetamine drugs, methylphenidate and atomoxetine in adolescent and adults13 April 2024
Featured Video
BMJ Mental Health - Our Full Story
Listen to Editor of BMJ Mental Health, Andrea Cipriani, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice he has for authors thinking about submitting to the journal, what the journal has to offer to readers, highlights from the journal and what the journal has planned for 2024.
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