Psychiatry International

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Precision Approaches to Anxiety and Depression: Integrating Digital Technologies in Mental Health Research

edited by

Rossella Suriano

and Giorgio Mario Grasso

submission deadline 30 Nov 2026 | Viewed by 502 | Submission Open

Keywords: anxiety; depression; precision psychiatry; digital mental health; eHealth; personalized interventions; AI; wearables; computational psychiatry; psychometrics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health)

The Impact of Social Media on Mental Health

edited by

Malinda Desjarlais

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 19971 | Submission Open

Keywords: social media; social network; mental health; psychological well-being; online behaviour; individual differences; connection; identity; loneliness; depression; anxiety; self-esteem

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health)

Role of Neuroinflammation in Neurological Disorders

edited by

Rekha Jagadapillai

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | Viewed by 3095 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuroinflammation; neurological disorders; schizophrenia; PI3K/AKT pathways; MAPK pathways; mTOR pathways; cytokines; Alzheimer’ s; Parkinson’ s; migraines; multiple sclerosis; neurodevelopmental disorders

Cognitive Functioning Across Severe Psychiatric Disorders: From Research to Clinical Practice

edited by

Thiago P. Fernandes

, Natanael Antonio dos Santos,

Irina Ivanovna Shoshina

and

Milena Edite Casé De Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1756 | Submission Open

Keywords: cognitive functioning; neurocognition; cognitive impairment; severe mental illness; psychiatric disorders; psychosis; depression; cognitive interventions; functional outcomes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Neurobiology, Precision Psychiatry and Artificial Intelligence)

Integrating New Evidence, Multidimensional Treatments, and Technologies in Mental Health to Improve Adherence to Interventions and the Generalization of Changes in Mental Health and Psychological Well-Being

edited by

Pablo Livacic-Rojas

Patricio Manuel Sáez-Briones

and María José Rodrígez Araneda

submission deadline 31 Dec 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1334 | Submission Open

Keywords: evidence-based treatments; technologies in mental health; treatment adherence; generalizability; behavioral changes; psychological well-being

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)

Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior in Substance Use and Addiction

edited by

Salome Kapella-Mshigeni

, Eunice Kimunai and

Tam Villar

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1545 | Submission Open

Keywords: emotion regulation and substance abuse; mindfulness training and substance use disorders; limbic system and substance use; behavioral interventions; cognitive-behavioral therapy; self-regulation; co-occurring psychiatric disorders; substance use disorders and addiction psychiatry; cognition and substance use

(This special issue belongs to the Section Addiction Psychiatry)

Mental Health, Well-Being and Decision-Making in First Responders and Frontline Workers

edited by

Alberto Paramio

and Ricardo Tejeiro

submission deadline 31 Jan 2027 | Viewed by 309 | Submission Open

Keywords: first responders; police and public safety personnel; firefighters and emergency medical services; frontline healthcare workers; critical incidents and occupational trauma; PTSD and moral injury; burnout and occupational stress; decision-making under stress; resilience and coping; organisational culture and peer support

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health)

Advances in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychiatry: Integrating Cognitive Science and Mental Health

edited by

Vanja Kopilaš

and

Lovorka Brajković

submission deadline 28 Feb 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 749 | Submission Open

Keywords: developmental neuroscience; developmental psychology; cognitive science; psychiatry; neurodevelopment; mental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychiatry and Early-Life Mental Health)

Global Perspectives on Mental Health, Counselling, and Evidence-Based Interventions in Contemporary Psychiatry

edited by

Boróka Gács

and Beáta Laki

submission deadline 31 Mar 2027 | Viewed by 292 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; psychological well-being; counselling; psychotherapy; evidence-based interventions; routine outcome monitoring; feedback-informed treatment; intervention effectiveness; implementation research; service evaluation; applied psychiatry; community mental health; higher education mental health; university counselling services; preventive interventions; global mental health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health)

Precision Psychiatry and Advances in Patient Care: Innovations Transforming the Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Disorders

edited by

and

submission deadline 1 Apr 2027 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3957 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision medicine; psychiatry; mental disorders; major depressive disorder; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders; obsessive– compulsive disorder; anxiety disorders; machine learning; electronic health records; biomarkers; neuroimaging; genomics; phenotype; computational biology

Advances and Innovations in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

edited by Shaun Liverpool and Mia Eisenstadt

submission deadline 30 Apr 2027 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: mental health; technology; digital interventions; children; adolescents; young people

(This special issue belongs to the Section Mental Health)

Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health and Psychiatry: Methods, Applications and Implications

edited by

Aglaia Katsiroumpa

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; mental health; psychiatry; chatbots; applications; patients; barriers; implications; treatment pathways; monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Neurobiology, Precision Psychiatry and Artificial Intelligence)

Traumatic and Embitterment Reactions to Social Stressors

edited by

Michael Linden

and

Tom Sensky

submission deadline 31 May 2027 | Viewed by 11 | Submission Open

Keywords: injustice; stress; embitterment; trauma; negative life events

(This special issue belongs to the Section Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy)

Quantitative Approaches to Early-Life Mental Health: Sociocultural Determinants and Developmental Trajectories in Early Childhood (0–4 Years)

edited by

Ioannis Adamopoulos

and

Aida Vafae Eslahi

submission deadline 30 Jun 2027 | Viewed by 177 | Submission Open

Keywords: early childhood mental health; quantitative developmental psychopathology; sociocultural determinants; preschool children (0– 4 years); multilevel analysis; parent– child relationships; social determinants of mental health; early education; infant mental health; measurement in early childhood; ecological systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Psychiatry and Early-Life Mental Health)

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