Psychiatry
A section of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144).
Section Information
“Psychiatry” is a discipline of the medical area focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental disorders. Indeed, mental disorders remain among the top ten leading causes of burden worldwide, and there has been no evidence of a global reduction in their burden since 1990. This points to a crucial role of clinical and translational research in the identification of the determinants of risk that can be targeted by preventive strategies to modify the developmental trajectories of psychiatric disorders.
This can be exerted through the implementation of personalized approaches. In this regard, psychiatry is a perfect testament of the potential of a personalized clinical approach, since its foundations are based on descriptive psychopathology and phenomenology, which in turn originate from the accurate analysis and understanding of the internal abnormal processes of an individual.
The aim of this Section is to promote the dissemination of methodologically solid and clinically significant research on the prevention of mental disorders, epidemiological aspects, socioeconomic burden, neurobiology, neuroimaging, including the integration of omics data, and ethical aspects.
Keywords
- mood disorders
- prevention
- psychotic disorders
- pharmacogenetics/genomics
- treatment resistance
- suicide
- schizophrenia
- psychopathology
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Psychosis Mechanisms and Interventions (Deadline: 20 November 2026)
- New Development of Rehabilitation Interventions for People with Complex Psychosis (Deadline: 15 December 2026)
- Implementing Technological Advances in Psychiatry: Challenges and Opportunities (Deadline: 31 December 2026)
- Real-World Implementation of CBT for OCD: Access, Adaptation, and Digital Innovations Across Care Settings (Deadline: 10 January 2027)
- Coping Strategies Across the Lifespan: Psychological and Neuropsychological Perspectives (Deadline: 10 January 2027)
- Mental Illness and Mental Health: Challenges, Trends and Perspectives (Deadline: 25 February 2027)
- Psychoneuroimmunological Understanding of Mental Health: Recent Molecular and Clinical Breakthroughs (Deadline: 30 March 2027)
