Psychology & Psychiatry
A section of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383).
Section Information
Dear Colleagues,
Clinical psychology is one of the main theoretical–applicative branches of psychology. It includes the scientific study and the applications of psychology with regard to understanding, prevention, and intervention in individual, family, and group psychological and relational problems, including the management of many forms of psychopathology.
Central aspects are psychodiagnostics and psychotherapeutic intervention, which represents a specialized development aimed above all at taking charge of situations where there is a structured psychopathology.
Among the thematic nuclei of operational interest and clinical research, some can be exemplified as the prevention (primary and secondary) of personal discomfort; early identification and diagnosis of psychopathological risks; the cognitive, affective-emotional, psychosocial, behavioral, personality, social, and cultural factors that are at the origin of the disturbances or maintain the condition of discomfort; emotions and their regulation in relation to health and disease, with specific regard to affective dysregulations; the methods of clinical management of different types of individual, couple, family, and group disorders; the various forms of individual, couple, family, and group psychological counseling; the improvement of the effectiveness of psychodiagnostic techniques; the methods of managing emotional, relational or decision-making situations that arise in various life stages and contexts; the promotion of individual psychosocial wellbeing and in social contexts; the design of effective forms of psychological and psychosocial rehabilitation; and the assessment of the effectiveness of aid interventions and health prevention and promotion programs in different social contexts.
Modern clinical psychology is based on the evidence of scientific research and clinical experience and takes an interdisciplinary approach, also making use of the cognitive contributions of other psychological disciplines (in particular, cognitive psychology, psychology and dynamics, psychology of personality and differential psychology, psychology, neuropsychology clinical, social and group psychology, psychometrics) and nonpsychological, such as epidemiology, physiology, evaluative research, health sociology, etc.
Our journal will gather experiences from clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and pediatricians from different areas and countries to acquire new perspectives in the vision and therapy of disorders that clinical psychology and developmental psychopathology deal with.
We sincerely welcome your submission to Journal of Clinical Medicine. Our readers are waiting for your contribution to Clinical Psychology.
Subject Areas
clinical psychology; psychodiagnostics and psychotherapeutic intervention; food disorders; attachment; anxiety; self-esteem; depression; personality; sleep; emotions; mental disorders
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- The Clinical Management of Bipolar Disorders (Deadline: 15 August 2022)
- Clinical Frontiers in Autism Spectrum Disorder (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Mental Health Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Deadline: 20 August 2022)
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Update on Research and Clinical Management (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Virtual Reality Therapy: Emerging Topics and Future Challenges (Deadline: 5 September 2022)
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on the Quality of Life of the General Population, Part II (Deadline: 15 September 2022)
- Pediatric Autism Spectrum Disorder: Towards an Integrated and Comprehensive Pathogenetic Paradigm for a Complex Pathology (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- Update on Parasomnias and Disruptive Sleep-Related Disorders (Deadline: 25 September 2022)
- Clinical Applications of Cyberpsychology and Virtual Reality for Mental Disorders (Deadline: 25 September 2022)
- Recent Advances in Dual Disorders (Addiction and Other Mental Disorders) (Deadline: 10 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Stress Responses and Risk for Suicidal Behavior across the Lifespan (Deadline: 25 October 2022)
- Use of Real-World Data (RWD) to Improve Health Care and Outcomes in Patients with Mental Health Disorders (Deadline: 25 November 2022)
- Novel Research in Sexuality and Mental Health—Volume II (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Clinical Management of Substance Use Disorders: Future Trends (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Schizophrenia Research and Care—Advancements and Challenges (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- 10th Anniversary of JCM—Research Updates in Developmental Psychopathology and Pediatric Neurology (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- The Maladies of New Motherhood: Negative Mood Symptoms, Postpartum Functioning, Current Interventions, and Protective Factors (Deadline: 20 January 2023)
- Biomarkers in Psychotic Disorders (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- Perinatal Mental Health: Opportunities and Challenges for Psychiatry (Deadline: 20 February 2023)
- New Frontiers in the Treatment of Psychiatry Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Deadline: 24 February 2023)
- Psychosis: Clinical Management and Challenges (Deadline: 3 March 2023)
- Substance and Behavioral Addictions: Updates on Etiology and Clinical Interventions (Deadline: 20 March 2023)
- Innovative Science for Mental Health: Complex Models from Theory to Clinical Applications (Deadline: 30 March 2023)
- Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology during COVID-19 (Deadline: 20 April 2023)
- The Role of the Motor System in Action Perception (Deadline: 1 May 2023)
- Beyond the Current DSM and ICD Diagnostic Categories and the Related “Therapeutic Stagnation” in Psychiatry (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- The Implications of COVID-19 Era: What Do We Learn as Mental Health Professionals (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Explore Novel Mechanisms of Depression and Somatic Comorbidity for Precise Classification and Personalized Treatment (Deadline: 5 June 2023)
- Global Burden and New Trends in Emotional, Behavioral and Relational Problems of Children, Adolescents and Young Adults (Deadline: 20 June 2023)
- Advances in Mild Cognitive Impairment (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Advances in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Etiopathogenesis, Clinical Phenotypes, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Advances in Markers of Psychiatric Disorders
- Early Intervention for Hearing Loss in Children: Drafting from Theory to Clinical Practice
- Gambling, Gaming and Other Behavioural Addictions
- Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Psychiatric Disorders