Springer

Journal Of Psychosocial Rehabilitation And Mental Health

(ISSN 2198-963X)

This multidisciplinary journal focuses on recovery-oriented care of persons with mental health problems and on their rehabilitation. It considers for publication original research articles in the following subjects:

Rehabilitation assessment in various mental health and community settings

Developmental disorders and substance use disorders

Measures to assess and monitor recovery, rehabilitation needs of patients and family members

Barriers to successful rehabilitation, recovery-oriented interventions, legal issues in rehabilitation

Measures to combat stigma

Disability and welfare measures

Novel rehabilitation interventions

Socio-cultural issues in rehabilitation

Rehabilitation orientation in teaching and practice

Organization and coordination issues in rehabilitation

User perspectives

Caregivers’ perspectives, coping and stress

Rehabilitation advocacy

The journal also considers original research and reviews on the quality of life of persons with mental health problems, caregiver stress and burnout, and staff stress.

The journal invites submission of papers in the above-mentioned subjects and topics as-

Original research

Brief reports [up to 1500 words including references]

Guest editorials

Case discussions [up to 1500 words including references]

Debates, commentaries, controversies, essays [up to 1500 words]

Narrative and systematic reviews

Invited articles and reviews

Letters to editor and correspondence

Book reviews [up to 1500 words]

Review of rehabilitation facilities & services [up to 1500 words]

User and caregiver perspective articles [up to 1500 words]

Creative writing like poetry and paintings made by users, carers or professionals

News and notes from the field of psychosocial rehabilitation

The Journal follows a double blind peer reviewing process, which means that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process, i.e., neither author nor reviewer is aware of each other’s identities.