Mental Health & Prevention is a peer reviewed journal dedicated to the prevention of mental and behavioural disorders and mental ill health, and the promotion of mental well-being. Note, manuscripts must be relevant to both mental health AND prevention. Its scope encompasses universal, selective and indicated prevention and mental health promotion across the lifespan. All mental and behavioural disorders are covered, as well as suicide and self-injury. The journal does not cover early intervention or treatment of mental and behavioural disorders. This journal does not generally accept cross-sectional studies unless they are very large and population representative, or focussed on under-studied populations, with clear implications for mental health prevention.Submissions are welcome on the following topics:Research on the need for preventionResearch contributing to the development of interventionsDescriptions of major programs, where there is accompanying evaluationEvaluations of interventions to prevent disorders or reduce risk factors, including controlled and uncontrolled trials and qualitative studiesProtocols for trialsResearch on risk or protection factors that has implications for preventionPsychometrics of prevention measuresEconomics of preventionWorkforce developmentPrevention policySystematic reviews on any of the above topicsKeywords: Mental health, mental disorders, behavioural disorders, mental well-being, primary prevention, secondary prevention, universal prevention, selective prevention, indicated prevention, promotion, neurodevelopmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, feeding or eating disorders, substance use disorders, impulse control disorders, personality disorders, neurocognitive disorders, disruptive behaviour or dissocial disorders, suicide and self-injury.
The new title Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health is indexed in SCIE/SSCI after transitioning from Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental (2023 IF 5.2). The IF will move from the former to the new title in due course. The Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health (SJPMH) is the official scientific publication of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health. The journal is oriented to the study of mental illnesses, their pathological processes, and their psychosocial consequences and aims to disseminate scientific advances in all fields related to illness and mental health. It accepts unpublished works on psychiatry and mental health, and its medical and social repercussions. For this reason, space is provided in the journal for research in the biological, clinical and psychosocial fields.The journal publishes topics including:Mental HealthSchizophreniaPsychotic DisordersBipolar DisorderMajor Depressive DisorderSuicideSuicidal Ideation
