CORE PURPOSE
To promote the humane and effective practice of psychiatry by the publication of unbiased and critically appraised psychiatric information.
CORE VALUES
- independence
- integrity
- authenticity
- evidence-based
- biopsychosocial orientation
- equity
- social justice
CORE ACTIVITIES
- To publish articles, reviews and abstracts.
- To disseminate psychiatric information by means of social media and electronic communications.
- To advocate for improvements to psychiatric services and practice.
- To improve the experience and engagement of patients within psychiatry
- To promote the mental health of patients
OPEN ACCESS STATEMENT
The Journal of Psychiatry Reform is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles.
The authors retain copyright without restriction. There are no author or submission fees or any other charges.
All published work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
PEER REVIEW
Articles or letters that are submitted for publication will be peer reviewed by the editorial board but may also be sent out to independent experts.
Time from submission to publication on average is two to four weeks.
Articles in which there are real or perceived conflicts of interest due to industry, corporate or political influence will not be published.
Authors may appeal the decision of the editors by sending an email to the editor
The Journal of Psychiatry Reform is published by Alan Eppel, Oakville, Ontario Canada