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The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Biopsychosocial Aspects of Patient Care

eISSN: 15413527 | ISSN: 00912174 | Current volume: 59 | Current issue: 5 Frequency: Bi-monthly

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine bridges the gap between clinical psychiatry research and primary care clinical research.

Providing a forum for addressing:
The relevance of psychobiological, psychological, social, familial, religious, and cultural factors in the development and treatment of illness; the relationship of biomarkers to psychiatric symptoms and syndromes in primary care; research on dealing with the challenges of managing psychiatric syndromes in the setting of multiple medical co-morbidities; the impact of financial and technological changes in clinical practice on the broad scope of psychiatry health care; the significance and meaning of disease to the emotional and psychological state of individuals, and medical education research that helps prepare future practitioners to address these issues.

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

The aim of The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine (IJPM) is to provide a forum where researchers, educators, and clinicians concerned with mental health, primary health care, and related aspects of medical care from around the world can educate each other and advance knowledge concerning psychobiological, psychosocial, biobehavioral, and social theory, methods, and treatment as they apply to patient care. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: psychobiological, psychological, social, religious, and cultural modifiers of illness; the minor and moderate mental disorders seen and treated in primary care medical practice; biomedical etiologies of mental health symptoms; research from successful collaborative, multidisciplinary models such as geriatrics; and health services research. IJPM bridges the gap between publications that adopt an almost exclusively research orientation and those that are more narrowly focused on clinical psychiatry, apart from the mainstream of primary care medicine. The Journal publishes original research, review articles, innovative clinical and educational programs, and illustrative case reports. People at all stages of career development, from student through seasoned professional, are encouraged to submit their work for editorial consideration.

Senior Editor
Harold G. Koenig, M.D. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Associate Editor
Ronald E. Acierno, Ph.D. McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Houston, TX, USA
Harold G. Koenig, M.D. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
Keisha-Gaye N. O'Garo, Psy.D., ABPP Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA
Zhizhong Wang, Ph.D. Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, People’s Republic of China
Jennifer S. Wortham, Dr.PH. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Founding Editor
Editorial Board
Mark K. Addison, MD, MPH Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine, Dothan, AL, USA
Donna A. Ames, MD University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Chaimaa Aroui, MD Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Casablanca, Morocco
Laura A. Baker, PhD University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sergio Luís Blay, PhD Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Arjan W. Braam, MD, PhD University of Humanistic Studies / Altrecht Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Scott Bragg, PharmD Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), College of Pharmacy and Department of Family Medicine, Charleston, SC, USA
Jonathan Butler, PhD University of California at San Francisco, CA, USA
Brian H. Childs, MDiv, PhD, HEC-C Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia, USA
Andre M. Cipta, MD Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA, USA
Jair de Jesus Mari, PhD Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
Lennart Eriksson, MD University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa
Bernadette Flanagan, RN, PhD South East Technological University, Waterford, Ireland
John R. Freedy, MD, PhD Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Jill B. Hamilton, RN, PhD Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
René Hefti, MD University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Terrence Hill, PhD Department of Sociology, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
David R. Hodge, PhD Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Mustafa M. Husain, MD Peter O’Donnell Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Gail H. Ironson, MD, PhD University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Dana E. King, MD West Virginia University, Morgantown, VA, USA
Ruby Lekwauwa, MD Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
James Stephen Meka, PhD Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
John H. Morgan, Ph.D., D.Sc., Psy.D. Senior Fellow of Foundation House/Oxford (UK) emeritus
Annemarie E. Oberholzer, RN, DCur University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Raja Paulraj MBBS, DPM, MDiv Practicing Psychiatrist in the Himalayas
Michelle Pearce, PhD University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Christopher G. Pelic, MD Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
John R. Peteet, MD Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Stephen G. Post, PhD Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Stephen R. Rapp, PhD Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, MD Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
Saad Al Shohaib, MD King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Malik Muhammad Sohail, PhD University of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Torgeir Sørensen, PhD Faculty of Health, VID Specialized University, Oslo, Norway
Tobias Anker Stripp, MD, PhD University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Haythum O. Tayeb, MD King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Loren L. Toussaint, PhD Luther College, Decorah, IA, USA
Himanshu Upadhyaya, MBBS, MS Eli Lilly & Company, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Laura Upenieks Department of Sociology, Baylor University, USA
Nagy Youssef, MD, PhD Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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