2nd Edition of Enhancing Psychosocial Burn Care
A special issue of European Burn Journal (ISSN 2673-1991).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: clinical psychology; psychotherapy; psychosocial aspects of burns; family centered care; body image; mass casualty events; quality management
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2. Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Interests: patient centered care; aftercare; scar treatment; burn care; clinical psychology; qualitative research; care pathways; patient reported outcome measures; patient involvement; fire safety; prevention
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite submissions for a Special Issue focused on Enhancing Psychosocial Burn Care. Burn injuries often result in profound psychosocial consequences that can impact survivors’ mental health, quality of life, social reintegration, and overall recovery. Survivors often face complex challenges that require comprehensive, compassionate, and evidence-based psychosocial care. This Special Issue aims to highlight innovative research, clinical practices, and interdisciplinary approaches that address the psychosocial needs of burn survivors across all stages of care.
We welcome research articles, reviews, case studies, and commentaries that relate to psychological interventions and therapies, social support systems, and family involvement, as well as long-term psychosocial outcomes and quality of life. Also, studies presenting findings related to cultural and contextual factors in psychosocial care, psychosocial care in burn rehabilitation, training and support for burn care professionals, and research on digital tools and technologies for psychosocial support are invited.
Dr. Anna Pittermann
Koen Maertens
Guest Editors
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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-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. European Burn Journal is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- psychosocial burn care
- psychological interventions
- social reintegration
- psychosocial outcomes
- multidisciplinary care
- cultural aspects of burn recovery
- long-term follow-up
- telepsychology/digital interventions
- burn care professionals' mental health
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