Expanded Aims and Scope for NISC Journal
“The Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health seeks to promote coverage, representation and dissemination of high quality work from around the world that traverses high-, middle- and low – income contexts”, says Editor-in-Chief, Professor Soraya Seedat, in the Journal’s recently expanded aims and scope.
The Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health seeks to publish work of relevance to both clinicians and academics, attracting international scholars and expanding the scope to encourage psychiatry papers. The journal’s expanded aims and scope covers topics that are pertinent to child and adolescent psychiatry and psychology, such as epidemiological, neurobiological, genetic, diagnostic, psychopathological, parent-child-family, ethical, social, and treatment aspects of childhood disorders. Original research, critical reviews on topics relevant to practitioners, clinical perspectives comprising analysis and discussion, clinical case series with in-depth discussion and letters to the editor are welcome.
The journal is included in Medline, Scopus and the Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index.
A selection of articles selected by the journal’s editor, Professor Soraya Seedat, are listed below and are available to read without restriction until the end of November 2016. Amongst these articles is a Guest Editorial, written by Astrid Berg in Volume 28, 2016, Issue 2 which included a special section on infant mental health.
- Cradling bias is absent in children with autism spectrum disorders, Volume 25, 2013, Issue 1.
- Drug holiday utilisation in ADHD-diagnosed children and adolescents in South Africa, Volume 26, 2014, Issue 2.
- The importance of the first 1 000 days of life, Volume 28, 2016, Issue 2.
- Keeping the secret: how HIV-positive children in Iringa, Tanzania, respond to the perceived need for silence and secrecy, Volume 27, 2015, issue 1
- Battered women and parenting: acceptability of an evidence-based parenting programme to women in shelters, Volume 28, 2016, issue 1.
Read more about free access to this journal for the period 2000-2016 until 30th November 2016 here.