Mental Stress and Cognitive Deficits Management

Dear Colleagues,

Mental stress is one of the major health problems in modern societies.  Stress reduces human functionality during routine work and may lead to severe health defects. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) declared stress as a workplace hazard. World statistics report that around 970 million people around the world suffer from mental health problems. Generally, it has been estimated that the annual global economic cost of mental illness USD 2.5T, with a projected increase to USD 6T by 2030. Thus, managing mental stress is critical for safety, productivity, and quality of life.

The aim of the current Special Issue is to gather studies on the assessment and mitigation of mental stress and cognitive deficiency. These studies should aim to achieve a more sophisticated level of understanding, showing new experimental techniques for studying mental stress and cognitive deficiency. Methodological/experimental work as well as applied science in healthy and clinical samples is welcome. Cognitive domains include—but are not limited to—memory, attention, consciousness, executive functions, motivation, sensation, and perception. Both original experimental and theoretical papers on the previous subjects, as well as review papers, are solicited.

Dr. Fares Al-Shargie
Dr. Ahmad Rauf Subhani
Dr. Sahar Taresh
Dr. Abdulhakim Al-Ezzi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Brain Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.