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
Climate Attributable Mental Health: Impacts and Interventions
Climate related disasters such as wildfires, drought, heat waves and floods and their consequences are resulting in deaths and disease from causes ranging from cardio-respiratory disease to malnutrition and malaria. Mental ill health too, is on the rise, however, causal pathways and psychiatric diagnoses in relation to climate change remains less well recognised and estimated. This Topic Collection in BMJ Mental Health plans to bring together the latest evidence on the burden of climate-attributable mental health impacts and potential actions to address these impacts.
Submission deadline: 6th September 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 September 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Suicide risk assessment tools and prediction models: new evidence, methodological innovations, outdated criticisms14 March 2024
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
Adult mental health:
Exploring early discontinuation of mental health outpatient treatment: language, demographics and clinical characteristics among migrant populations in Japan4 July 2024
Adult mental health:
Chronotype and emotion processing: a pilot study testing timing of online cognitive bias modification training3 July 2024
Digital mental health:
Acceptability, use and safety of the BlueIce self-harm prevention app: qualitative findings from the Beating Adolescent Self-Harm (BASH) randomised controlled trial26 June 2024
Correspondence:
Exploring the minimal important difference in the treatment of paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors20 June 2024
Old age psychiatry:
Severe psychiatric disorders are associated with increased risk of dementia17 June 2024
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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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