General Information
Overview: Primary Psychiatry provides a working knowledge of important topics in psychiatry as they relate to primary practice. Our journal, which is peer-reviewed, is dedicated to the newest developments in psychopharmacology, clinical issues, and relevant columns that address the interface between psychiatry and the primary care arena. Our audience consists of primary care physicians, psychiatrists, OB-GYNs and general practitioners, and Primary Psychiatry provides them with an editorial package that enhances their understanding of mental health.
PLEASE NOTE: If you currently have a pending submission to Primary Psychiatry that has not yet been published, you are welcome to keep it submitted to the journal or withdraw it at anytime. However, if you decide to submit your article to a different publication, you must officially withdraw it from Primary Psychiatry before submitting it elsewhere.
Your e-mail request must specify that you are asking to withdraw your manuscript and you must include the manuscript title and the names of your co-authors (if applicable).
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding your submission, please contact Lisa Arrington, Senior Acquisitions Editor, at lisa@p2publishing.com.
Scope of Manuscripts: Primary Psychiatry encourages and considers the following types of articles for publication:
Review articles are comprehensive articles summarizing and synthesizing the literature on various psychiatric topics. They should be presented in a scholarly and clinically relevant fashion. Diagnostic and treatment algorithms should be designed to aid the clinician in diagnosis and treatment.
Single Case Reports (10–12 pages, including references) are encouraged and will be considered for publication.
Letters to the Editor are encouraged and will be considered for publication. All letters will be edited for style, clarity, and size. Due to the increasing importance of published letters, in relation to the journal's calculated impact factor, all submitted case reports will be reformatted and published as letters to the editor going forward. While some letters will be published in the printed indexed journal, others will be selected for publication on our website only. Letters that are published on the Primary Psychiatry web site will be seen worldwide, as a result of the large and increasing number of Internet viewers
Original Research presents methodologically sound original data. Please note: Based on our present policy, any submission that presents human data and is not a case report requires Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.
Manuscript Submission
All manuscripts are submitted to Primary Psychiatry with the understanding that they are not being considered for publication elsewhere and that they were not previously published in another publication (ie, journals, books, magazines, web sites). Manuscripts derived from conference presentations can be submitted unless they have been published as part of the conference proceedings in a peer-reviewed journal. Manuscripts must be approved by all co-authors. Accepted manuscripts will be edited for clarity and style.
How To Submit Manuscripts (authors specifically invited by Primary Psychiatry only): Please follow the instructions that are outlined in any correspondence that you receive from the Primary Psychiatry staff via e-mail and/or regular mail.
How To Submit Unsolicited Manuscripts (authors who are not invited by Primary Psychiatry initially): Authors are required to send the electronic file(s) of their articles via e-mail to the attention of Lisa Arrington, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Primary Psychiatry, at lisa@p2publishing.com.
Manuscript Preparation
Length: Reviews should be 3,500-4,500 words (including references). Letters should not exceed 1,500 words. Single Case Reports should not exceed 3,200 words. If you feel that these guidelines are too limited for your topic, please contact us for a specific extension.
Spacing and Pagination: One space should be left after commas and periods. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and use 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Number pages consecutively in the upper right-hand corner, beginning with the title page. Each set of items should be arranged in the following order: title page and acknowledgments, focus points, abstract, introduction, body, conclusion, references, and figures and/or tables.
Figures/Tables: Please provide at least 2 figures and/or tables in your article. Please reference all figures and tables properly. In addition, if the figure or table is a reprint you must obtain written permission to reprint it. If it is an adaptation, you do not need to
obtain permission. All figures and table should include the following:
• Title
• Legend/key: all acronyms spelled out
• Reference: if it is an adaptation or reprint
• Citation in text: All figures and tables must be cited in text, ie, (Table 1)
In addition, for color figures with intricate detail, please provide a color copy of the image when you submit the manuscript. If you would like photographs printed in your article, send actual photographs or high-resolution scans of photographs.
Extremely Important: Please note that if any of your tables and/or figures are original (created by you) but also based on previously published material, or if they are adapted versions of previously published tables or figures (with more than one or two minor changes), we will need you to include the proper citations in your reference list, in the order in which each table and/or figure is first mentioned in your article.
Disclosure of Commercial and Non-Commercial Interests: Each author and co-author of every article must include a statement about all forms of support, including grant and pharmaceutical support, affiliations, honoraria, received for past and present material.
Please note that each lead author and co-author’s disclosure information must be listed individually and should be in agreement with the following statement:
• Disclosure information for [list the name of the lead author], currently and for the past 12 months:
• Disclosure information for [list the name of the co- author], currently and for the past 12 months:
This information will be shared with peer reviewers as soon as they receive the papers for peer review. Therefore, please make sure to include this information on the title page and/or second page of your article. We will not accept at any paper prior to peer reviewing that does not include complete disclosure information (currently and for the last year) for all lead authors and co-authors of each paper. Please list everything regarding the institution, the type of affiliation and/or support that you have with that institution, and whether you received financial compensation.
Example:
Disclosure information for [list the name of the co-author], currently and for the past 12 months:
• Pharmaceutical company or institution #1: (Pfizer, Forrest Laboratories, etc.)
• The specific type of activity with that institution (speaker’s bureau, consulting work, grant recipient, salaried employee, etc.),
• Financial compensation for that activity, if any was received (speaker’s bureau fee, consultant fee, grant, honorarium, salary, etc.).
• Pharmaceutical company or institution #2: (Pfizer, Forrest Laboratories, etc.)
• The specific type of activity with that institution (speaker’s bureau, consulting work, grant recipient, salaried employee, etc.),
• Financial compensation for that activity, if any was received (speaker’s bureau fee, consultant fee, grant, honorarium, salary, etc.).
Letters of Permission to Reproduce Previously Published Material: All material reproduced from previously published copyrighted material 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.
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.
THE SPECIFIC ORDER OF ITEMS IN THE ARTICLE:
Title Page & Acknowledgments
Article Type: Please indicate the type of article (ie, REVIEW, ORIGINAL RESEARCH) on the top, right-hand corner in bold.
Title: The title of the article should be concise but informative.
Author[s] Byline and Biography: For all authors, list the full names (including middle initial), academic degrees, and current position held. Use the following format: [NAME] has a [DEGREE] from [UNIVERSITY]. [NAME] is [TITLE] in the [DEPARTMENT] at the [INSTITUTION] in [CITY, STATE].
Word Count: (including references): Please see “Length.”
Figures and Tables Information:
Follow this format:
Figures: 2
Permission obtained: 0
Original: 1 (Figure 2)
Adaptation: 1 (Figure
Tables: 3
Permission obtained: 2 (Table 1, Smith et al; Table 3, Stein et al)
Original: 1 (Table 2)
Adaptation: 0
Definitions of above headings for figures and/or tables
• Figures or Tables. The total number of figures or tables, respectively.
• Permission obtained. Refers to previously published figures and/or tables. You must obtain written permission to reprint previously published figures and/or tables and indicate which figures and/or tables fall under this category. Please include a reference for each such figure and/or table so that the guest editor can easily verify that you have obtained the necessary reprint permissions.
• Original. Refers to figures and/or tables you created specifically for this article.
• Adaptation. Refers to figures and/or tables based on information or a concept from a previously published figure and/or table.
Corresponding Author: Include the mailing address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address for corresponding author. Line indicating whether you would like a Web site, e-mail, or mailing address printed.
If you do not have any disclosures, please type: Disclosures: The author[s] do not have an affiliation with or financial interest in any
organization that might pose a conflict of interest.
Acknowledgments: If you do not have any acknowledgments, please type: Acknowledgments: None
Peer Review
Authors must provide five to 10 names of qualified potential reviewers with the contact information (affiliation and e-mail address). Reviewers should be specialists in the topic of your paper who have no conflict of interest and who are not affiliated with the
company, organization, or institution that you work for. We will contact them once we receive your manuscript. Peer review is anonymous.
Focus Points:
Authors are required to submit four focus points with a total word count of 30 to 35 words maximum that clearly conveys the message of the article. They need to be complete sentences. They should not start with “This article is...” or “We presented...” Please adhere to the format listed in the examples directly below.
1. Glutamate antagonists have a role in migraine therapy.
2. Glutamatergic dysmodulation may underlie some of the mechanisms of cutaneous allodynia that is observed in migraineurs.
Abstract:
Authors must provide a summary of the manuscript, roughly 150 to 250 words.
Abstracts (Review Articles): These should consist of a paragraph that serves as a summary of the entire paper; outlining the main ideas for the reader.
Abstracts (Original Research): This must include the following: Objective/Introduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusion.
Body of Manuscript
For ORIGINAL RESEARCH articles, divide the body into the following five sections: Objective/Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.
Introduction (200-400 words): State the purpose and summarize the rationale of the article.
Conclusion: Avoid using unqualified statements not completely supported by your data.
References
Please use American Medical Association (AMA) style. References should be superscripted in text, then numbered, and comprehensive in list. Please number these references in the order that they appear in the text. These superscript numbers in the text should match the numbers and order of the references in the reference list (you should not list the references by alphabetical order). Abbreviations of journals’ names should conform to the style used in Index Medicus; journals that are not indexed there should not be abbreviated. When following this format, please do not list any reference in your reference list more than once.
See the following examples:
• Journals: 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.
• Books: Raine A. The Psychopathology of Crime: Criminal Behavior as a Clinical Disorder. San Diego, Calif: Academic Press; 1993.
• Parts of Books: Thase ME, Rush AJ. Treatment-resistant depression. In: Bloom FK, Kupfer DJ, eds. Psychopharmacology: The Fourth Generation of Progress. Baltimore, MD: Raven Press Ltd; 1995:1081-1097
• Unpublished Materials: Eisenberg J. Market forces and physician workforce reform: why they may not work. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges; October 28, 1995; Washington, DC.
Jones JL, Hanson DL, Ward JW, et al. Incidence and trends in AIDS-related opportunistic illnesses in injecting drug users and men who have sex with men. In: Program and abstracts of the XI International Conference on AIDS; July 7–12, 1996; Vancouver, British Columbia. Abstract We.C.3418.
• Articles In Press: Klassen TP, Watters LK, Feldman ME, et al. The efficacy of nebulized budesonide in dexamethasone-treated outpatients with croup. Pediatrics. In press.
Editing/Revising Process
What You Can Expect: Once we receive all of the manuscripts from the guest editor, we send the manuscripts to peer reviewers. They read through the manuscripts to check for appropriateness, accuracy, and organization. This process takes approximately 4 weeks. Then, our copy editors review the manuscripts for organization, consistency, and some grammar. This process takes approximately 2 weeks. We will then e-mail you a PDF of the copyedited version of your manuscript. This version might have several queries in bold throughout the text. You will be asked to answer these queries within a relatively short period of time (within 3–5 days). We will then put the manuscript into layout, send it back to the copy editors to edit for fine details (including technical accuracy), and edit it ourselves for Primary Psychiatry’s style, consistency, and clarity. This process takes approximately 1 1/2 weeks. You will then have a week to look over the layout of your article and make any final changes.
Failure to Meet Deadlines: It is very important to meet your deadlines. If you have problems meeting your deadlines, please call the editors of Primary Psychiatry and explain your situation. You may be granted an extension. If you miss this second deadline, your article will be cut.
Cut Articles: From time to time, we are forced to cut accepted manuscripts. If your manuscript is cut, you will be notified immediately. We realize this can be frustrating; however, we will try to print these manuscripts in an upcoming issue of Primary Psychiatry as soon as possible.