Editors: Tobias Banaschewski (Germany), David Coghill (UK),
Barbara Maughan (UK), Thomas G. O'Connor (USA), Sally Ozonoff (USA), Stephen Petrill (USA), Daniel Pine (USA), Margaret Snowling (UK)
Envisioning the Future after 50 Years of Science and Discovery
JCPP will, this year, celebrate the publication of its 50th volume and the Editors are delighted to introduce a special issue, comprising a series of articles by distinguished scientists in the child and adolescent mental health field, to commemorate this memorable occasion.
The papers are forward thinking 'perspective pieces' which encapsulate some of the key advances in the field over the past half-century and are visionary in their ambition to guide and inspire child and adolescent mental health professionals around the globe and envision the future of the field for the next 50 years ....
The overarching intention when the JCPP was founded in 1960 was that it publish quality clinical, academic and research papers from all the key disciplines - papers which contribute to the advancement and enhancement of child and adolescent mental health and engender a greater understanding of the needs of service users.
The aims of the journal were clearly stated at that time by the late Colin Hindley, one of the three original editors: 'In the absence of a unified body of generally accepted fact and theory, the Journal aims to bring together contributions of high quality, from different points of view in order to promote an essential integration'.
From the outset, the journal featured papers by the luminaries of the day; then, as now, the editorial and advisory boards consisted of notable psychiatrists and psychologists and other disciplines from Europe and the United States, reflecting the Journal's ongoing commitment to multidisciplinary and multinational representation. The range of topics reflected the clinical experience, academic background and wide range of interests of Dr Emanuel Miller, the founder, and remains the aims and scope of the Journal today, with different emphases reflecting the great changes in knowledge and quality in the last 50 years. Initially appearing twice annually with a budget of under 100 pages, the journal has gone from strength to strength and now appears monthly.
It has been described as the leading journal of its kind in the world and has an ISI impact factor of 3.927, ranking it 3rd in the developmental psychology category and 7th in the psychiatry category.
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Aims and Scope:
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry is internationally recognised as the leading journal covering both child and adolescent psychology and psychiatry. An important function of the journal is to bring together empirical research, clinical studies and reviews of high quality arising from different points of view and theoretical perspectives and different disciplines.
Coverage includes:
Original Articles:These contribute to empirical knowledge and to the theoretical understanding of the subject, or to the development of clinical research and practice.
Review Articles: Research Reviews, Practitioner Reviews and Annual Research Reviews are normally commissioned and survey an important area of interest within the general field.
Review Articles: Research Reviews, Practitioner Reviews and Annual Research Reviews are normally commissioned and survey an important area of interest within the general field.
Special Section: This section groups together a set of papers on a topic for which there is a particularly high level of research activity. Topics from recent years have included Molecular Genetics, Face Processing, Internalising Disorders and Neuroimaging.
Book Reviews: An overview of some of the most recent publications covering child and adolescent mental health related issues.
Highlights:recent and forthcoming topics covered in the Journal
Book Reviews: An overview of some of the most recent publications covering child and adolescent mental health related issues.
Highlights:recent and forthcoming topics covered in the Journal
* Time trends in adolescent mental health
* Autism and pervasive developmental disorders
* Dyslexia: what have we learned in the past four decades?
* No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study
* Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathology in 7-year-olds
* Defining oppositional defiant disorder
* Tourette's syndrome: performance on tests of behavioural inhibition, working memory and gambling
* Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health
* Dyslexia: what have we learned in the past four decades?
* No effect of MMR withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study
* Evidence for substantial genetic risk for psychopathology in 7-year-olds
* Defining oppositional defiant disorder
* Tourette's syndrome: performance on tests of behavioural inhibition, working memory and gambling
* Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health
