Readership
Mental Health Evaluators, Outcomes Manager, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Scientists
Scope
International Journal of Social Psychiatry, a peer reviewed journal, provides a forum for the dissemination of findings related to social psychiatry. Social psychiatry as a branch of psychiatry deals with the social, environmental and cultural factors in the aetiology and outcomes of psychiatric disorders as affecting individuals as well as communities. In addition to research reports on original research, social psychiatry also provides a link with social anthropology, cultural psychiatry, sociology and other disciplines in the field of mental health and is equally influenced by them. Journal publishes: studies on the role of social factors in the origins, course and outcome of psychiatric disorders; mental health needs of the international communities; papers from anthropologists, sociologists and other disciplines allied to mental health; critique of biological aspects of mental health and services; articles on needs assessment and service development and evaluation; research of international impact and of interest to international readership.