Psychiatry (ISSN: 1683-8319)

Description

Scientific and practical peer-reviewed journal
“Psychiatry” scientific-practical journal was established in 2002 on the initiative of academician of RAS A.S. Tiganov, the Journal has been issued since 2003.
The founders of “Psychiatry” journal are FSBSI “Mental Health Research Centre” and limited liability company “Medical Information Agency” Publishing house”.
The journal works on the grounds of Regulations adopted in 2012. It comes out quarterly. Its circulation is 1000 copies. The journal was registered in the «Russian Press» union catalog. Subscription index is 91790. The journal is distributed on the territory of the Russian Federation both by subscription and on complimentary basis.
Since 2008 the journal has been included in “The list of peer reviewed scientific journals of the Russian Federetion”, recommended for publication of results of Candidates and Doctoral theses. Since 2012 the journal “Psychiatry” has become a part of the Russian Science Citation Index system.
Scientific and informational materials are published in “Psychiatry” journal in accordance with the basic directions of the journal. Original papers and scientific reviews, containing new data on epidemiology, clinical picture, psychopathology, age specificities of mental disorders, their systematization, and also current biological point of views of ethiological and pathogenic mechanisms of their appearance and course, the search for biological markers of mental disorders, achievements of genetics are published in the journal.
Publications are presented of not only scientific, but also practical character about the new approaches to the treatment of mental disorders with the use of not only traditional, but also new drugs, problems of deontology are discussed as well. The current state of organizational mechanisms of psychiatric aid provision are covered, at the same time in comparative aspect organization of psychiatric assistance and foundations of rehabilitation are discussed not only in domestic psychiatry, but also in foreign practice. One of the sections of Journal is devoted to the memory of outstanding domestic psychiatrists, their most important works are published in the Journal. Informational materials on scientific and scientific-practical conferences are widely presented in the journal, including the conferences with participation of foreign psychiatrists and biologists. Special attention in the journal is paid to the works of young scientists of the country, presented by them at the congresses and conferences. Translation of the results of scientific research to medical practice presents educational value for physicians, researchers and organizers of health protection.
The Editorial Board receives for consideration original papers and systematic reviews, which are important for psychiatric science and clinical practice. The priority is given to randomized controlled trials, systematic analyses, metha-analyses and large-scale cohort studies with the basis of scientific evidence. Reports of practical doctors on useful experience of detection and treatment of mental disorders are of great value.
The journal is intended for reading public: physicians, researchers, students, and faculties for advanced training of physicians, as well as organizers of public health of the Russian Federation, The Commonwealth of Independent States, and foreign countries.
Availability for international audience is provided by the English version of the title of the paper and annotation and deposition of metadata of the article (of the published material), as well as bibliography at the site of the journal (http://www.psychiatry.ru/stat/73).
The members of Editorial Board present the leading scientific-educational centers of Russia and other countries. The Editorial Board includes academicians of RAS, professors, Doctors of Sciences and Candidates of Sciences. Among the authors of the journal there are specialists from the capital and regional scientific and practical institutions of the Russian Federation, The Commonwealth of Independent States and the near abroad, as well as foreign authors.