Founded in
1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal
of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four
important areas of research: (1) clinical studies of all disciplines relating
to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including
biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and
epidemiological factors; (2) basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such
fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology,
genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology; (3) the growing application
of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and
spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences; (4) advances
in basic and clinical research methodology, including the process of
"bench-to-bedside" transfer of new research findings.