PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

The journal provides very rapid publication of short but complete research reports in the field of psychiatry. The scope of the journal encompasses: (1) Biochemical, physiological, genetic, psychological, and social determinants of human behavior; (2) assessment of human behavior and subjective state; (3) evaluation of somatic and non-somatic psychiatric treatments. In addition, reports of clinically related basic studies in the fields of neuropharmacology, neurochemistry, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, psychology, genetics, and brain imaging are published. Significant methodological advances such as instrumentation, clinical scales, and assays directly applicable to psychiatric research are also appropriate. Brief reviews, theoretical contributions, and letters to the editor will be considered.

该杂志提供了精神病学领域简短而完整的研究报告的快速出版。该杂志的范围包括:(1)人类行为的生化、生理、遗传、心理和社会决定因素;(2)评价人的行为和主观状态;(3)躯体和非躯体精神治疗评价。此外，还发表了神经药理学、神经化学、神经内分泌学、电生理学、心理学、遗传学和脑成像等领域的临床相关基础研究报告。重要的方法学进步，如仪器、临床量表和直接适用于精神病学研究的分析方法，也是适当的。简要的评论，理论贡献，以及给编辑的信将被考虑。