Publisher: Indian Psychiatric Society, Andhra Pradesh (IPS-AP) State branch

ISSN: 2249-5851

Aims and scope: The journal publishes manuscripts on the subject of psychiatry, psychology, and related behavioural sciences. It covers all branches of mental health, with particular emphasis on the clinical aspects of each topic. The journal is an essential reading for psychiatrists, psychologists, and all professionals with an interest in mental health. The authors are interinstitutional. In addition to papers from Andhra Pradesh, we invite papers from around the world. The journal includes editorial, commentaries, guest editorial, view points, review articles, original articles, case reports, the stalwarts in the field of mental health and letters to the editor.

AP J Psychol Med is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): http://publicationethics.org/. The journal conforms to the guidelines set forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE).

Discipline(s): medical sciences, psychiatry, psychology, and related behavioural sciences.

Year of first publication: 1988

Frequency of publication: Biannually

Circulation: This is an open-access journal. The online version is in public domain. Journal website: http://ips-ap.org/journal.html. The print version of the journal is provided free of cost to the members of IPS-AP branch.

Peer-review process: strictly anonymous inter-institutional external double-blind peer-review process This is one of the first anonymous, double-blind, peer reviewed, open access journals from India, i.e. the authors and the reviewers are not aware of each other's identity.