We invite authors who interested in getting their articles published on the pages of scientific journal. It’s subject is exploration of scientific researches results in the field of clinical and forensic psychiatry, neurology, medical psychology, theoretical and methodological issues gender specificity, comorbidity and multimorbidity in psychiatry, neurology and medical psychology.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES to international scientific journal «Psychiatry, Neurology and Medical Psychology»

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International theoretical and practical journal “Psychiatry, Neurology and Medical Psychology” publishes problem articles, the results of original and experimental studies, review articles, historical and debatable articles, brief reports, lectures, reviews, case reports, informational materials, works on teaching neurosciences, organization and management of psycho-neurological service, and other materials on topical issues of clinical and forensic psychiatry, narcology, neurology, medical psychology, and psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and others.

The Editorial Board takes into consideration articles that correspond to topics of the journal and the following requirements:

1. Works that have not been published or submitted for publication before.
2. The original work should be submitted in Ukrainian, Russian or English.
3. Article should be sent to the Editor in duplicate, one copy must be signed by all the authors, or one of them, who takes responsibility and puts his signature with a note “in accord with all the co-authors.” Work should be accompanied by an official letter with signature and seal of the institution where the work was done; domestic authors should also have an expert opinion allowing the open publication, and resolution of the committee on bioethics from the institution where the work was performed. The articles of candidates for a degree must have a supervisor’s visa. Articles performed on the personal initiative of the author must be accompanied by a letter with a request for publication. Information about the authors, including title, academic degree, name and patronymic (in full), place of employment, address for correspondence, contact telephone, fax numbers, and e-mail should be attached on a separate sheet.
4. The order of the material should be as follows:
   1. UDC (articles without UDC are not considered);
   2. the title of the article;
   3. the initials and surname of the author (s);
   4. the full name of the institution where the work was performed;
   5. three summaries – in Ukrainian, Russian and English, of not less than 500 characters each. Each abstract must be accompanied by the initials and surname of the author (s), title of the article, the official name of the institution, and keywords in the appropriate language (3 to 10) (if the authors work in different organizations, it is necessary to bring all the names and addresses, compliance of institutions with the authors should be denoted by superscript Arabic numerals).

In experimental papers and results of original research the following sections should be indicated: introduction (with justification of relevance), purpose of research, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, literature. In summary reports these sections are not given.

5. Original articles should not exceed 12 pages, lectures and reviews – 20, short messages – 5, reviews – 3 pages.
6. Text must be typed in Microsoft Word, printed in «Times New Roman», A4, font size 14 points with 1.5 line spacing, margin widths: left, top and bottom 2 cm, right – 1 cm, and it should be saved in files formats Word 6.0/95 for Windows or RTF (Reach Text Format). Page of the text should not contain more than 32 lines of 64 characters per line. All abbreviations when first mentioned should be disclosed, except common abbreviations.

Electronic version should be sent on the electronic media or by e-mail (e-mail: journal@psychiatry-neurology.org). The file name is the first author (ivanov.doc). Illustrations – separate files in a graphics editor.

7. Illustrations – files in TIF and JPEG 300 dpi (for color illustrations) and 600 dpi (black and white). Graphic material can also be made in the programs Excel, MS Graph and served in separate files of appropriate formats, as well as formats TІF, CDR or EPS.
8. Tables should be compact, have names that match the content. All figures and tables in the text should have a reference. Figures and tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals, if their number is more than one, and given in the text after the paragraph in which they are mentioned. Tables should not duplicate digital data that are fully presented in the text. Figures should not duplicate the table.
9. All physical quantities and units should be given according to the International System SI, terms –according to international nomenclature.
10. References must be made in accordance with DSTU GOST 7.1:2006 and should include papers written for the last 10 years. The earlier publications should be included in the list only when necessary.

The manuscript references should be given in square brackets. References in the list should be placed in order of references to it in the text. The list must not include unpublished works. The authors are responsible for the correctness of the data in the literature list. The bibliographic description should include name and initials of the author (s), title, publisher, place and year of publication, volume, issue, pages. Original studies should cite not more than 15 sources, and the scientific reviews – up to 30.

11. The editorial staff reserves the right to review, edit editorial articles, as well as decline the works that do not meet the requirements of editorial publications; manuscripts will not be returned.

Articles and other materials should be sent to the following address: Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, Neuroscience and Medical Psychology of Kharkiv Karazin National University, room 605, Svobody Sq. 4, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61022.

More information is available on the journal’s tel.: 057 -705-11-71