* Overview
A peer-reviewed journal serving over 65,500 psychiatrists and primary care physicians, Primary Psychiatry will publish 12 issues in 2010. As the number of mentally ill patients treated in primary care settings continues to increase, both psychiatrists and primary care physicians will jointly diagnose and treat the mentally ill. Our mission is to provide physicians with an editorial package that will enhance and increase their understanding of mental health; therefore, manuscripts that address issues of comorbidity and the interface between psychiatry and primary care will be given immediate priority.
* Suggested Peer Reviewers (Required) Authors must provide at least 4 names of qualified potential reviewers with no conflict of interest in reviewing the work. Contact information with affiliations and e-mail addresses should be included. Peer reviews are anonymous.
* Article Submission If you would like to submit an article to Primary Psychiatry, please review all of the guidelines listed below and click the "Article Submission" button at the bottom of this page.
Scope of Manuscripts
Primary Psychiatry will consider and encourages the following types of articles for publication:
Original Research articles present new study data in the following format: objective, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. Suitable topics include mood disorders, schizophrenia and related disorders, personality disorders, substance-use disorders, anxiety disorders, neuroscience, psychosocial aspects of psychiatry, child psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, and other topics of interest to clinicians.
Review articles are comprehensive articles that summarize and synthesize the literature on various topics (such as those mentioned above) in a scholarly and clinically relevant fashion.
Single Case Reports are encouraged and will be considered for publication.
Educational Reviews and Diagnostic and Treatment Algorithms are designed to aid the clinician in diagnosis, treatment and management of a psychiatric disorder or class of disorders. Educational reviews should include an introduction, flowchart, algorithms, or graphs, tables, slides, and or figures.
Letters to the Editor will be considered and are encouraged for publication, and they should be submitted on the ScholarOne/Primary Psychiatry website (please see below). All letters will be edited for style, clarity, and length.
Manuscript Submissions
Format: When formatting your manuscript, please refer to the AMA template, which can be found here.
Primary Psychiatry has implemented the ScholarOne Manuscripts program to manage all future submissions. ScholarOne Manuscripts (formerly known as Manuscript Central) is a web-based submission, peer review, and editing program. This system will help to develop a more streamlined and efficient process for tracking peer review data and manuscripts. Manuscripts must be submitted through the ScholarOne website.
For more information about the ScholarOne program, please contact Lisa Arrington, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Primary Psychiatry, either via e-mail at lla@mblcommunications.com or via phone at 212-328-0800, x220.
If possible, manuscripts should be provided in MS Word (saving the file in a lower version, eg, MS Word 3.0, is also encouraged.) Diagrams, tables, slides, and figures should be provided in PhotoShop, Adobe Illustrator, PowerPoint, MS Word, or JPEG formats.
Letters of Permission to Reproduce Previously Published Material All material reproduced from previously published copyrighted material, including tables and figures, must be accompanied by a letter of permission from the copyright holder. All such material should include a full credit line (eg, in the figure or table legend) acknowledging the original source. Any citation of unpublished material or personal communication should also be accompanied by a letter of permission for anyone who is not an author of the paper.
Manuscript Preparation
Length: Review articles and Original Research articles should not exceed 5,000 words (excluding the Reference List). Educational reviews and treatment algorithms should contain an introduction, flowcharts or a series of graphs, and a concise summary. Letters to the Editor should not exceed 750 words. Single-Case Reports should not exceed 2,000 words (excluding the Reference List).
Please note: If your article is Original Research, it should be formatted as follows: Abstract (100–200 words); Introduction, Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion; References (numbered and comprehensive list).
Spacing and Pagination: Manuscripts should be double-spaced and numbered.
Abstract: Authors must provide an abstract of 100-200 words; a paragraph that serves as a summary of the entire paper; outlining the main ideas for the reader. For an original research data article, please format it with the following sections: 1) Objective/Introduction 2) Methods; 3) Results; 4) Discussion; and 5) Conclusion.
Focus Points: Please provide 3 focus points that begin with an action verb and specify what the reader should know after reading the article.
Introduction: Authors must provide an introduction of 200-400 words. The introduction should as a starting point, the introduction should set up the information to be discussed (background, history, key introductory facts, etc.).
Conclusion: (100-350 words) summarizes the main points of the manuscript. Please avoid using unqualified statements that are not completely supported by your data.
Figures/Tables: Please provide at least 2 figures and/or tables.
References: Please use American Medical Association style. References should be superscripted in text, then numbered, and comprehensive in list. For example:
1. Goodkin K, Antoni MH, Helder L, et al. Psychoneuroimmunological aspects of disease progression among women and human papillomavirus-associated cervical dysplasia and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 co-infection. Int J Psychiatry Med. 1993;23(2):119-148.
* Please note: Regarding all journal references, please include both the volume numbers and issue numbers.
2. Stryer L. Biochemistry. 2nd ed. San Francisco, Calif: WH Freeman Co; 1980:559-596.
3. Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study. Valproate protocal. Available at: http://adcs.ucsd.edu/VP_Protocol.htm. Accessed October 15, 2003.
Copyright Materials are accepted for exclusive publication in Primary Psychiatry and become the property of Primary Psychiatry. Permission to reproduce material must be obtained from the publisher.
Reprints: MBL Communications offers reprints of all articles published in Primary Psychiatry. If you would like to obtain a quote for reprints, please click here.
Permissions: If you would like to obtain permission to re-use material previously published in Primary Psychiatry, please click here.
Disclosure of Commercial and Non-Commercial Interests
Authors must include a statement about forms of support, including grant and pharmaceutical support, affiliations, and honoraria received for the past 12 months and the next 12 months (to the best of your knowledge), as it pertains to the submitted article only. Information for each co-author must be listed separately. Such information may, at the editor’s discretion, be shared with reviewers. If the article is accepted for publication, the editors will consult with the authors as to whether this information should be included in the published paper.
Off-label Usage
Authors must disclose any unlabeled, unapproved, experimental, and/or investigational usages of drugs mentioned in the article and include the condition for which these drugs are being used off-label. Below is an example of the standardized format:
This article includes discussion of the following unapproved/experimental medications for adult ADHD: buproprion, clonidine, guanficine, modafinil, and venlafaxine.
Submission Checklist:
• Original manuscript, with cover letter.
• Copies of permission letters to reproduce previously published and unpublished material, including tables and/or figures.
• An abstract for the article (100-200 words).
• An introduction for the article (200-400 words).
• A separate conclusion must be included.
• Three focus points that dictate the main focus of the manuscript in bulleted format.
• Names and affiliations of at least 4 potential peer reviewers.