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Articles published in the journal are commissioned from authors in the forefront of their speciality linking established themes to current and future developments and are independently refereed. The articles assume a general acquaintance with psychiatry, but not a detailed knowledge of more esoteric matters.
Preparation of manuscripts
Title page. The title page should include: (1) the article title, which should be concise but informative; (2) the authors' first and last names, academic degrees, and primary institutional affiliation(s); (3) the full address, telephone number, fax number, and, importantly, the email address of the corresponding author; (4) acknowledgments, including grant support (granting agency and grant number) and drug company support of any kind; and (5) the name, location, and date of any meetings at which the submitted manuscript has been presented.
Abstract. The abstract should not exceed 200 words. Below the abstract provide three to ten key words or phrases to assist indexers. The words or phrases should preferably be taken from the MeSH headings used for indexing articles in PubMed.
Text. For review articles, the text should begin with an introductory section, include a brief description of the methods used to select the articles reviewed (database, terms searched, limitations imposed), and end with a discussion section. The use of subheadings is encouraged.
Style and References. All references listed must be mentioned in the text. Within the text references should be indicated by the author's name and year of publication in parentheses, e.g. (Hodgson, 1992) or (Grey & Mathews 2000), or if there are more than two authors (Wykes et al ., 1997). Where several references are quoted consecutively, or within a single year, the order should be alphabetical within the text, e.g. (Craig, 1999; Mawson, 1992; Parry & Watts, 1989; Rachman, 1998). If more than one paper from the same author(s) a year are listed, the date should be followed by (a), (b), etc., e.g. (Marks, 1991a).
The reference list should begin on a separate page, in alphabetical order by author (showing the names of all authors), in the following standard forms, capitalization and punctuation:
a) For journal articles (titles of journals should not be abbreviated):
Grey, S.J., Price, G. & Mathews, A. (2000). Reduction of anxiety during MR imaging: A controlled trial. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 18 , 351-355.
b) For books:
Powell, T.J. & Enright, S.J. (1990) Anxiety and Stress management . London: Routledge
c) For chapters within multi-authored books:
Hodgson, R.J. & Rollnick, S. (1989) More fun less stress: How to survive in research. In G.Parry & F. Watts (Eds.), A Handbook of Skills and Methods in Mental Health Research (pp. 75-89). London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Illustrations should not be inserted in the text. All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as 'Figures' and should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals (e.g. Figure 3). The appropriate position of each illustration should be indicated in the text. A list of captions for the figures should be submitted on a separate page, or caption should be entered where prompted on submission, and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text. Captions should include keys to symbols. It would help ensure greater accuracy in the reproduction of figures if the values used to generate them were supplied.
Tables should be typed on separate pages and their approximate position in the text should be indicated. Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table. Words and numerals should be repeated on successive lines; 'ditto' or 'do' should not be used.
Drug names. Generic rather than trade names of drugs should be used, although trade names may be mentioned in parentheses in the first text reference to the drug.
Electronic Submissions. Authors should send the final, revised version of their articles in both hard copy paper and electronic disk forms. It is essential that the hard copy (paper) version exactly matches the material on disk. Please print out the hard copy from the disk you are sending. Submit three printed copies of the final version with the disk to the journal's editorial office. Save all files on a standard 3.5 inch high-density disk. We prefer to receive disks in Microsoft Word in a PC format, but can translate from most other common word processing programs as well as Macs. Please specify which program you have used. Do not save your files as "text only" or "read only".
Other requirements
Affirmation of authorship. All persons designated as authors must qualify for authorship. Authorship credit should be based only on substantial contributions to (1) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, (2) drafting the article or revising it critically for important intellectual content, and (3) final approval of the submitted version. All three conditions must all be met. General supervision of the research group or participation solely in the acquisition of funding or the collection of data does not justify authorship. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content, and the authors are responsible for all statements made in their work, including any changes made by the editorial office that have been approved by the corresponding author. Individuals who contribute to the manuscript but who do not meet authorship requirements may be cited in an acknowledgment if their permission for such citation is obtained.
Disclosure of commercial interests. Authors will be required to disclose any affiliations with. or financial involvement (e.g., employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, expert testimony) in, any organization or entity with a direct financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript.
Informed consent. Manuscripts must include a statement that informed consent was obtained from human subjects. Authors should protect patient anonymity by avoiding the use of patients' names or initials, hospital number, or other identifying information.
Plagiarism. Informa has a strict policy against plagiarism. We define plagiarism as the use of extracts from another person's work that are not placed in quotation marks, without the permission of that person, and without acknowledgement to that person (using the appropriate reference style), with the result that your article presents these extracts as original to you. By submitting your work to an Informa journal, you warrant that it is your original work, and that you have secured the necessary written permission from the appropriate copyright owner or authority for the reproduction of any text, illustration, or other material.
If any any article submitted to an Informa journal is found to have breached any of these conditions, Informa reserves the right to reject that article and any others submitted by the same authors. Informa may also contact the authors' affiliated institutions to inform them of its findings.
Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors vest copyright in their articles, including abstracts, in the Institute of Psychiatry. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and the journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as the original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Other points to note
Early Electronic Offprints. Corresponding authors can now receive their article by e-mail as a PDF. This allows the author to print up to 50 copies, free of charge, and disseminate them to colleagues. In many cases this facility will be available up to two weeks prior to publication. Additional copies of the journal can be purchased at the author's preferential rate of 
15.00/$25.00 per copy.
Editorial correspondence, including books for review, should be sent to either: Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AF, UK (d.bhugra@iop.kcl.ac.uk); or
Professor Constantine G. Lyketsos, Co-Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry, Osler 320, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA (kostas@jhmi.edu)
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