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The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Published in Association with Canadian Psychiatric Association
Other Titles in:
Psychiatry

eISSN: 14970015 | ISSN: 07067437 | Current volume: 69 | Current issue: 3 Frequency: Monthly

Established in 1956, The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry has been keeping psychiatrists up-to-date on the latest research for over 60 years. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry provides a forum for psychiatry and mental health professionals to share their findings with more than 3000 researchers and clinicians.

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
includes peer-reviewed scientific articles analyzing ongoing developments in Canadian and international psychiatry. Regular features include:
• the popular "In Review" series, written by world leaders in psychiatric research on a broad range of biopsychological topics
• Perspectives articles that take evidence-based sides on controversial, complex, or emerging themes;
• the latest Original Research and Systematic Review papers;
• Research Letters and Letters to the Editor;
• official Position Papers, Policy Statements, and Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Canadian Psychiatric Association; and
•Supplements

All of these contribute to the scholarly knowledge base.

The Journal is read by psychiatrists and other researchers and academics around the world, with 1,642,778 downloads and 12,863 subscriptions, many of which are institutions, in 2021. The CJP knows how important turnaround time is to its authors and strives to make the first decision within 30 days or less.

Fondée en 1956, La Revue canadienne de psychiatrie (La RCP) informe les psychiatres des recherches les plus récentes, depuis plus de 60 ans. La RCP procure aux professionnels de la psychiatrie et de la santé mentale une tribune où partager leurs résultats avec plus de 3 000 autres chercheurs et cliniciens.

La Revue canadienne de psychiatrie offre des articles scientifiques révisés par les pairs qui analysent les développements actuels de la psychiatrie canadienne et internationale. Les chroniques régulières sont entre autres:
• la populaire série «In Review», rédigée par les sommités mondiales de la recherche psychiatrique sur un vaste éventail de sujets biopsychosociaux
• les articles de la série Perspectives qui s’appuient sur des données probantes pour traiter des thèmes controversés, complexes ou émergents;
• la dernière Recherche originale et des Articles de synthèse systématiques;
• des Lettres sur la recherche et des Lettres à la rédaction;
• des Énoncés de principes, des Déclarations de principes, des Énoncés de politique, et des Lignes directrices cliniques de l’Association des psychiatres du Canada.

Tous ces éléments contribuent à la somme des connaissances spécialisées.

Le Journal est lu par des psychiatres, d’autres chercheurs et des universitaires du monde entier, et dénombre 1 642 778 téléchargements et 12 863 abonnements, dont bon nombre par des institutions, en 2021. La RCP sait à quel point le délai de publication importe à ses auteurs et elle s’efforce de prendre la première décision dans les 30 jours ou moins.

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry provides a forum for psychiatry and mental health professionals to share their findings with more than 3000 researchers and clinicians. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry includes peer-reviewed scientific articles analyzing ongoing developments in Canadian and international psychiatry.

Editor-in-Chief/Rédacteur en chef
Lakshmi N. Yatham, MBBS, FRCPC, MRCPsych, MBA (Exec) The University of British Columbia, Canada
Editor Emeritus/Editeur émérite
Scott Patten University of Calgary, Canada
Deputy Editor
Ayal Schaffer University of Toronto, Canada
Associate Editors/Rédacteurs associés
Katherine J. Aitchison University of Alberta, Canada
Stephanie Ameis University of Toronto, Canada
David Gratzer CAMH, Canada
Paul Kurdyak University of Toronto, Canada
Raymond W. Lam The University of British Columbia, Canada
Bernard LeFoll CAMH, Canada
Scott Patten University of Calgary, Canada
Emmanuel Stip University of Montreal, Canada
David L. Streiner McMaster University, Canada
Robert Zipursky University of Toronto, Canada
International Advisory Board/Conseil consultatif international
Michael Berk University of Melbourne, Australia
Andrea Cipriani University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Pim Cuijpers VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ted Dinan University of Cork, Cork, Ireland
Ned Kalin University of Wisconsin, WI, USA
Richard Keefe Duke School of Medicine, NC, USA
Peter Liddle  
Mario Maj University of Naples, Italy
John McGrath Queensland Brain Institute, QLD, Australia
Andrew Nierenberg Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Sagar V. Parikh University of Toronto, ON Canada
Brenda Penninx VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mary L. Phillips University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Robert Post George Washington School of Medicine, DC, USA
Dan Stein University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Murray Stein University of California San Diego, CA, USA
Madhukar Trivedi University of Texas, Southwestern, TX, USA
Carlos A. Zarate Jr. NIMH, Maryland, USA
Editorial Board/Comité de Rédaction
Jean Addington University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kelly K. Anderson Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
James M. Bolton University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nicholas Delva Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Carolyn S. Dewa University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Anne Duffy Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Tony George University of Toronto, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Didier Jutras-Aswad Université de Montréal, Canada
Laurence Katz University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Stephen Kisely Dalhousie University, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
Diana Koszycki University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Michael Krausz University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ruth Lanius Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
Xin Min Li University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Alex McGirr University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Xiangfei Meng McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Romina Mizrahi University of Toronto, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Daniel Mueller University of Toronto, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Benoit H. Mulsant University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Georg Northoff University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR)
Bruce G. Pollock Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Arun V. Ravindran University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jitender Sareen University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Alexander Simpson University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Evelyn Stewart BC Children's Hospital, Universtiy of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Phil Tibbo McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rudolf Uher Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
JianLi Wang The Royal Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ari Zaretsky University of Toronto, Canada
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Author Guidelines / Directives à l’intention des auteurs

The CJP welcomes for publication consideration, manuscripts that have not been previously submitted to The CJP, are not currently under review elsewhere, and follow The CJP author guidelines.

The CJP Author Guidelines: English version

La RCP souhaite examiner aux fins de publication les manuscrits qui n’ont pas été soumis antérieurement à la RCP, qui ne sont pas en cours d’examen dans une autre revue et qui sont conformes aux directives à l’intention des auteurs de la RCP.

Directives à l’intention des auteurs de la RCP: En français

Download a copy of The CJP Submission Checklist

Download a copy of the PRISMA checklist for scoping reviews

For more information about Sage’s publishing policies on copyright and permissions, author e-prints, corrections policy, conflicting interests, funding, acknowledgements, and open access and author archiving visit: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalgateway/pubPolicies.htm.

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To submit a manuscript, visit The CJP Submission site / Pour soumettre un article, consulter le site de soumission des manuscrits de la RCP : https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cjp.

If you are interested in creating an infographic (visual abstract or graphical abstract), Infographic guidelines can be found here: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author-guidelines-for-creating-and-publishinginfographics. We also have two templates you can download and customize: Template 1 and Template 2.

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