Current Research Focus in Clinical Neuropsychiatry: Translational and Therapeutic Perspectives
A Special Issue of Clinics and Practice (ISSN 2039-7283).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2027 | Viewed by 56
Editor
Interests: neuroscience; psychology; psychiatry; pharmacology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Clinical neuropsychiatry sits at the intersection of neurology and psychiatry, addressing conditions in which disordered brain function drives both cognitive and affective symptoms. Despite rapid progress in neuroscience, translating mechanistic insight into measurable clinical benefit remains slow. Diagnosis still leans heavily on subjective assessment, treatment selection is often trial-and-error, and objective markers to track therapeutic response are scarce. Meanwhile, the global burden of neuropsychiatric disorders continues to rise, straining health systems and widening gaps in access to specialist care. These pressures create both urgency and opportunity: emerging tools such as portable neurophysiological monitoring, digital biomarkers, neuromodulation, and novel pharmacotherapies are beginning to bridge the divide between laboratory discovery and routine practice.
This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to translational and therapeutic approaches in clinical neuropsychiatry. We consider contributions that connect biological mechanisms to clinical outcomes, validate objective markers of brain health, and evaluate innovative or personalized interventions across neuropsychiatric conditions. Original research, reviews, and short communications are welcome.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Mobile and wearable EEG for assessing markers of brain health across neuropsychiatric treatments
- Digital biomarkers and remote monitoring of treatment response
- Neuromodulation therapies (e.g., rTMS, tDCS) and their mechanisms of action
- Novel and rapid-acting pharmacotherapies (e.g., ketamine, psychedelic-assisted approaches)
- Personalized and precision-psychiatry frameworks
- Translational biomarkers bridging preclinical models and clinical outcomes
- Electrophysiological and neuroimaging correlates of psychiatric diagnosis and prognosis
- Integration of AI/machine learning into neuropsychiatric assessment
Dr. Conor H. Murray
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- neuropsychiatry
- biomarkers
- neuroimaging
- machine learning
- precision medicine
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